Families must reflect the trinity
Since returning from the World Meeting of Families in Milan, Italy, last month, I have felt quite severely challenged to...
July 2012
Don’t be just a colour
One recent afternoon I stepped out my front door and witnessed the most beautiful, perfect and colourful rainbow. It reminded...
Good preaching: Its that important
BY MARGARET MOLLETT Sporadic letters to the editor and news items in The Southern Cross, and also in other publications,...
Mass readings July 8 – July 15
Year B, Weekday Year 2 Sunday, July 8, 14th Sunday of the Year Ezekiel 2: 2-5, Psalm 123, 2 Corinthians...
Movie reviews 6 July, 2012 – Rock of Ages / The Dictator
Releases for July 6, 2012 Rock of Ages By John Muldering, Catholic News Service Shameless sentimentality and cheerful, consequence-free debauchery...
Man’s Inhumanity to Man
Tony Sturges, Johannesburg –Â How dare we refer to ourselves as humanity! In so many ways there is absolutely nothing humane...
The hopes and joys of our bishops
Being a bishop is a challenging job. One must lead and inspire the people, their priests and religious, to ensure...
Dying of hope
A prayer vigil in Rome held for World Refugee Day on June 20 was titled “Dying of Hope”, a deliberate...
Handshakes at Mass
Was it after Vatican II that the practice of shaking hands at Mass prior to receiving the Eucharist, came into...
