Radio Veritas needs listeners

by Letters Editor · September 4, 2014

From Walter Middleton, Johannesburg

I was really pleased to see a report in The Southern Cross that Radio Veritas was to be hosting a Mad Hatter Tea on August 31, the culmination of Women�s Month, mainly to raise much-needed funds, but more importantly to raise awareness so that Catholics know more about the good work being done by the only Catholic radio station in South Africa.

Radio Veritas’ new logo

It pains me to know that a very small percentage of Catholics in South Africa support Radio Veritas. It is estimated that there are about 4,5 million Catholics in South Africa, of which about 1,5 million are in Johannesburg alone.

As far as I know, only 2500 Catholics support Radio Veritas with financial contributions, which is just 0,4% of the total Catholic population.

Jesus has called us all to play a role in the transformation of people through the verbal proclamation of the Gospel that has been entrusted to us. As Catholics, we need to meet the challenge of spreading the Good News head on.

There are several ways of doing this, and one of them is through the radio. We should consider ourselves blessed to have Radio Veritas, which is doing a sterling job in spreading the Good News and bringing the message of hope to one and all, despite their financial challenges.

It is my hope and prayer that more Catholics will come forward to support the one and only Catholic radio station in South Africa.

By comparison, Zambia has just opened its ninth Catholic radio station � one in each diocese!