Kids say the darndest things
As a father and grandfather, it never ceases to amaze me, the logic that kids come up with.
January 2011
Give us a smile!
How was your Holy Family Sunday? Too close for comfort? Too close to Christmas? I noticed far fewer people in church on that Sunday, the day after...
Good music needs training
From: Joan Kerswill SFO, Pretoria I Refer to Fr Chris Townsend’s letter on “Why I hate Catholic Music”. While I have to agree that there is rubbish...
Blessed John Paul II
When a pope who is remembered vividly by millions of people is to be beatified, it is surely a newsworthy and uplifting moment. Pope John Paul II...
Great wheels of fire
It was in the late 1950s, when I was a typical teenager with that typical teenage loathing for getting out of bed before noon, when my mother...
The mystery of our reality
BY FR RALPH DE HAHN We live in the world that is both real and unreal. Most people live in the unreal and superficial world of illusion....
How a great idea can go wrong
Small Christian Communities (SCCs) are one way in which the Church is trying to assume an African face and touch. SCCs are groupings of Catholics in a...
We Catholics should stand tall
From Bernard Cole, Johannesburg I must express my appreciation of Chris Moerdyk and The Southern Cross (December 29) for bringing to our attention the talk by Sam...
The Bible makes a comeback
Prostestants have often contended with some justification, that the average Catholic possesses less knowledge of the contents of the Bible than the average Protestant.
Why the Rush?
The news that Pope John Paul II will be beatified on 1 May makes me ask “Why the rush for popes to beatify/canonize other popes?” I remember...
