Has anyone told you?
BY BISHOP HUGH SLATTERY MSC The book of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, God, Love, Life and Sex, has...
2014
Southern Cross history – Part 4: The 1940s
Before becoming a bishop, Fr McCann had been The Southern Cross editor, from 1941-48. He would return for a second...
Southern Cross history – Part 3: The 1930s
By 1933, the Great Depression also affected The Southern Cross. In a gesture of concern for the staff, it was...
Mass Readings- March 9-16, 2014
Liturgical Calendar Year A Weekdays Cycle Year 2 Sunday, March 9, First Sunday of Lent Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7, Psalm 51:3-6,...
Reflecting on Lent and 20 years of democracy
As Christians preparing for Easter, the Lenten season offers us a time to reflect on our own faith — our...
Southern Cross history – Part 2: The 1920s
by Gunther Simmermacher After months of promotion, especially by Durban’s Fr ODonnell OMI who tirelessly toured the country to create...
Movie Reviews- The Grandmaster
The Grandmaster By Joseph McAleer, Catholic News Service Romance and kung fu fighting may seem like incompatible film ingredients. But in...
Pope: Lent Comes to Reawaken Us
Lent is meant to wake up Christians and help them see that God can give them the strength to change...
Younger Catholics Lost to the Faith
 RG Pitchford, Middelburg – We constantly read in your informative Southern Cross, both in letters and articles, of the aims and...
