Teachers can help build a better tommorrow
BY CLAIRE BAKER After falling victim to crime, teacher CLAIRE BAKER reflects on how educators can contribute towards forming good citizens of tomorrow.
June 2011
Keepers of the fire: Leadership in Religious Education
BY PAUL?FALLER Good Religious Education requires good leadership and a fiery passion, argues PAUL?FALLER. Imagine a life without electricity—the very blood that runs in the veins of...
Celibacy: Church must be consistent
Tony Meehan, Cape Town Soon after Vatican II, many priests obtained dispensations to leave the priesthood in order to marry. Having been laicised, they could no longer...
Property- Who does it belong to?
A Brief Survey of the Church’s Social Teachings on Property Ownership, as evident from the Encyclicals since 1891. (Fr Pierre Goldie, June, 2011) The Church supports the...
Dealing with suicide
Few family tragedies leave as many lasting scars as the suicide of a loved one. Those left behind not only are faced with the grief that accompanies...
Will latest education policy help SA’s youth?
BY KENNY PASENSIE The government is changing its education policy again with the new Schooling 2025 strategy. KENNY PASENSIE reviews the new policy and wonders whether it...
Raising our youth with God
Before I was married, I wanted to have six children. I wanted to have the big full-house, lots of fun family experience—but this desire dissipated after I...
School daze: Advice for parents
This being the annual Southern Cross education issue, I feel it appropriate to offer some food for thought to young parents with children starting school.
A prostitute’s redemption
My former editor at a Catholic magazine, Fr Gigi (his nickname), once asked me to interview a certain young woman who, he said, had a very interesting...
