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...
2015
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...
Suicide: A pastoral response
This week’s column by Fr Ron Rolheiser OMI will resonate deeply with people who have encountered the tragedy of suicide,...
Let’s talk about sexuality
Issues of sexuality have surfaced recently when in an Irish referendum the majority of the population approved same-sex unions and...
