What Would Jesus Tell You at the Well?
What would Jesus say to us if we were the Samaritan woman? We witness her transformation from a bitter, hard...
August 2015
From holiday palace to retreat house
After the death of her husband, Phyllis Kalil was at a loose end. Prayer and a priest’s visit led her...
The Holy Land can form future leaders
My previous column ended with the words: A pilgrimage to the Holy Land makes the Gospel more alive and the...
Priest’s stories about deaf-blind friend are like a mission retreat
PERHAPS GOD: Wisdom Through the Gift of Disability, by Larry Kaufmann CSsR. Redemptorist Pastoral Publications, Johannesburg, 2015. 66pp. R80 Reviewed...
A ‘Beer Bible’ for South Africa
THE BEER BOOK, by Holger Meier. The Frog Trust, 2014. 303 pp. Reviewed by Gunther Simmermacher For centuries, brewing beer...
The trade in aborted baby-parts
How low can society go? When one considers the many ways countless human beings are treated like cheap disposable products...
Mass Readings: August 16-23, 2015
Liturgical Calendar Year B, Weekdays Cycle Year 1 20th Week, Ordinary time Sunday August 16 Proverbs 9:1-6, Psalms 34:2-7, Ephesians...
Youth unemployment: A time bomb
From Fr Bonaventure Hinwood OFM, Pretoria I had just been reading the Sunday gospel about Jesus having compassion on the...
Pope: Best parties are family parties
Families need moments of rest and celebration, time for standing back and recognising the gifts of God and how well...
