War on human trafficking
Efforts by a group of women religious in 26 countries to tackle the distressing problem of human trafficking must be roundly welcomed and resolutely supported.
October 2007
A month for kids
Did you know that November 1 is National Children’s Day? Maybe by the time this column gets to press there will have been some publicity around this...
Eerie army of children brought hardened soldiers to their knees
IT started out as a bright and sunny day in the early 1960s, on the Congolese shore of what was then called Lake Tanganyika. But it fast...
Crime: Who is to blame?
The archbishop of Johannesburg is a thoughtful man, not given to impetuous statements. So Archbishop Buti Tlhagale’s uncompromising address at the funeral Mass for murdered Fr Allard...
Feast of All Ancestors
I was visiting a family from our parish for a prayer. At the conclusion of the litany of the saints, the father of the house spontaneously started...
What if God needed planning permission to make the world?
Many years ago when I was in what was then called Standard 5; when schoolchildren were pupils, not learners; when people hole covers were manhole covers; and...
Everyone is a missionary
The Church is missionary by her very nature. As we observe World Mission Sunday, this statement a quote from Pope John Paul II’s 1990 encyclical Redemptoris missio...
The missing fourth vow
We start with a conversation between Mary, chairwoman of the Association of St Anne; James, a member of the Parish Pastoral Council; and Patricia, formerly a religious...
Chasing Rainbows – Bea Ellemcy
CHASING RAINBOWS, by Bea Ellemcy. Athena Press, London. 2007. 354pp. Reviewed by Mary Ryan Chasing Rainbows is a book about family violence and incest about the power...
St Augustine in Afrikaans
AUGUSTINUS: BELYDENISSE: Getuienis oor ‘n lewe in God. Eerste Afrikaanse omsetting met medewerking van Piet Venter, Johann Symington en Amie van Wyk. Lux Verbi, Wellington. 2007. 475pp....
