Mass Readings – 31 August – 7 September, 2014
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekdays Cycle Year 2 Sunday, August 31, 22nd Sunday Jeremiah 20:7-9, Psalm 63:2-6, 8-9, Romans 12:1-2, Matthew 16:21-27 Monday, September 1 Genesis...
August 2014
Pope: Being mean-spirited may be human, but it’s not Christian
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Envy, jealousy and meanness are human instincts, but they are not Christian, since the division they cause...
Assumption reading disappoints
Fr Bonaventure Hinwood OMI, Pretoria I was seriously disappointed when I listened to the first reading for the Mass of the Assumption to find that they have...
Stand up to the SABC
Catholics will feel snubbed by the decision by the SABC to renege on its promise, made in 2010, to broadcast the pope’s Christmas Eve Mass live every...
My cup of coffee with the Lord
BY KARIN HUMAN My parish of Christ the King in Queenswood, Pretoria is one of only a few in the archdiocese to have Perpetual Adoration. In Queenswood,...
Biography of Hymns: ‘How Great Thou Art’
Sweden’s gifts to the world of music include pop giants ABBA, the great soprano Birgit Nilson, the classical composer Carl Michael Bellman and one of the world’s...
How can we fix SA’s economy?
On August 7, I listened with great interest when Jeff Radebe , the minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, released the government’s comprehensive framework...
10 years of Bible Sunday
BY BR MIKE CHALMERS Next week the Church in Southern Africa will mark annual Bible Week, followed by Bible Sunday on August 31. BR MIKE CHALMERS explains...
Mass Readings – August 24-31, 2014
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekdays Cycle Year 2 Sunday, August 24, 21st Sunday Isaiah 22:19-23, Psalm 138:1-3, 6, 8, Romans 11:33-36, Matthew 16:13-20 Monday, August 25,...
