September 2017

South Africa’s Catholic Church Heritage

The Catholic Chuch in South Africa has a rich history of suppression and opposition in South Africa – so from the first Mass said around  1487 till today when we are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the South African Catholic Church – we also celebrate the lives of those who built the faith in SA.

Mass Translations: Bishops Can Now Approve Them

A  document released by Pope Francis that gives bishops’ conferences greater power in introducing liturgical texts will have no immediate impact on the current English missal but will facilitate the approval of translations into South Africa’s other languages, according to the bishop responsible for liturgy in Southern Africa.

St Augustine’s College Joins Elite Group of Catholic Universities

South Africa’s Catholic university, St Augustine College, has been invited by the International Federation of Catholic  Universities (IFCU) to join an initiative that, through the Vatican’s new Department for Promoting Integral Human Development, will provide support to papal diplomacy on important global issues.

All Priests Need a “Timothy”

Stephen Selbourne – To experience growth in all areas of Church life, I suggest that every priest take a seminarian or two under his wing—a Timothy if you will – not for the last six months of his training but even earlier.