The challenges of being a priest
BY SAMUEL FRANCIS IMC Priests are always subject to judgment by parishioners, and sometimes they just can’t win. Samuel Francis IMC, a theology student at St Joseph’s...
by admin · Published October 30, 2011 · Last modified September 4, 2017
BY SAMUEL FRANCIS IMC Priests are always subject to judgment by parishioners, and sometimes they just can’t win. Samuel Francis IMC, a theology student at St Joseph’s...
BY NYAMADZAWO SIBANDA Looking around and experiencing the good work the Church is doing through different religious congregations and orders, it seems superfluous to ask whether religious...
by Judith Turner · Published October 30, 2011 · Last modified October 25, 2011
What is a saint? There are many ways in which we can describe a saint. A saint is someone who knows they are a sinner. A saint...
THE SHEPHERD OF BETHLEHEM, by Fr Dikotsi William Mofokeng (ed). Mariannhill Press, 2011. 138pp. Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher
From Fr Christopher Clohessy, Cape Town I am sorry that JH Goossens (October 5) thinks my article on Muhammad a politically correct avoidance of a fatwa. I...
Hope&Joy / Mathieson / Perspectives / Saints
by Claire Mathieson · Published October 26, 2011 · Last modified July 17, 2017
We don’ strive to be saints, we strive to live the lives God wanted and if we do it right, sometimes we become saints. This was the...
At the funeral for Pope John Paul II in 2005, the faithful in and around St Peters Square acclaimed the Polish pontiff a saint as they called...
by Mphuthumi Ntabeni · Published October 23, 2011 · Last modified October 14, 2011
Last month I wrote about the “Ecclesia” pastoral programme that has been launched in the archdiocese of Cape Town to encourage formation through small faith-sharing groups.
The Missal with the New English Translation of the Mass has arrived and now we have the task of implementing it. The Missal, impressive in its presentation,...
BY BARBARA HOFFMAN After a hard day’s work, either at the office or at school, there is nothing better than a warm plate of food to still...
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