Nun’s murder puts Catholics on edge
BY ANTO AKKARA The name “Valsa” means “dear one”. By laying down her life in defence of the poor, Sr...
December 2011
Living in the moment on retreat
BY CHANDA SAMPA Going on an eight-day retreat through the Jesuit Institute South Africa, for whom I work in the...
The Church’s plan for Africa
RECONCILIATION, JUSTICE AND PEACE: The Second African Synod, by Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator SJ (ed). Acton Publishers, Nairobi. 2011. 259pp. R159,50. Reviewed...
Host the Messiah at Christmas
When we are on a long journey we sometimes take a detour in order to see an important person whose...
The jarring new translation
Two Sundays have passed in which the new translation has been used. Here are two initial observations. In the prayer...
Good preaching can change a parish
From Roy Glover, Tzaneen The Southern Cross gets better and better and I so admire your ability to find and...
The liturgy: collaborating with the congregation
There was a time when the liturgy was something arranged, planned and lived almost exclusively by Catholic religious. While the...
An Advent oasis
When Christians and those of no faith talk about Christmas, they sometimes mean the same thing, and at other times...
PE clergy remembered
JUST?REMEMBERING, by Fr WH?Barnes. Self-published, Port Elizabeth. 2011. 130pp. R50 Review by Michael Shackleton
