Beating Swords into Plowshares
“In the days to come, the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills,” writes the prophet Isaiah....
“In the days to come, the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills,” writes the prophet Isaiah....
PILGRIMS IN THE MODERN WORLD: Daily Reflections for Lent, by Frances Correia & Raymond Perrier. Published by the Jesuit Institute, Johannesburg. R65. Reviewed by Grant Tungay SJ
Karin Human, Pretoria We often are blinded into thinking that people holding up signs at traffic lights are the only ones battling. However, around us, at all...
by Editor · Published February 25, 2015 · Last modified February 23, 2015
Pope Francis got himself into some hot water this month when he seemed to endorse some forms of physical punishment for children.
Easter / Lent / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published February 24, 2015 · Last modified March 16, 2017
We are to do penance for our sins and Lent is a good time to concentrate on this. The early Christians seem to have undertaken severe fasts...
by Toni Rowland · Published February 23, 2015 · Last modified February 19, 2015
Family-friendly, family-focused and family-centred. Are they all the same thing or is it just semantics to pose that question?
Perspectives / Raymond Perrier
by Dr Raymond Perrier · Published February 22, 2015 · Last modified February 19, 2015
Keen readers may have picked up in the last few editions of The Southern Cross that I have just started a new job. That also means that...
Liturgical Calendar Year B Weekdays Cycle Year 1 Sunday, February 22, First Sunday of Lent Genesis 9:8-15, Psalms 25:4-9, 1 Peter 3:18-22, Mark 1:12-15 Monday, February 23,...
By Carol Glatz Liberty and equality are not enough for the well-being of a nation, there must also be a strong sense of brotherhood that is first...
From John Lee, Johannesburg A priority for us Catholic Christians is to get involved in the work of evangelisation which is the very reason for the Church’s...
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