Cartoon of the Week – Dr Freud von Jung
The Southern Cross has been publishing cartoons on its back page drawn by Conrad Burke since the early 90s. We have...
December 2017
Mass Readings: 31 December – 7 January, 2018
Liturgical Calendar Year B Weekday Cycle 2 Sunday, December 31, Holy Family Genesis 15:1-6; 21:1-3, Psalms 105:1-6, 8-9, Hebrews 11:8,...
Parents, Teach Your Children Well
Fr Pierre Goldie, Cape Town – Imagine Mrs Jones relating the life of Christ to her children in 2025 in the following way:
Pitch in for the Homeless
Volunteers donated time this festive season by helping out in the kitchen at the Nkosinathi project for the homeless run by Durban’s Denis Hurley Centre (DHC)— and there is still time to be part of the volunteer group.
Mayfair Convent Class of ’67 Reunites
The class of 1967 of Mayfair Convent School in Johannesburg held a reunion, with many flying in from different parts of South Africa
The Nitty-Gritty of the Consecration
Before the consecration, the priest says: He took bread in his hands, thus imitating Jesus’ gesture, but at the word “broke” he does not break the bread.
The Magician Who Wanted to Be a Priest
Keenan Williams, a radio presenter and magician, wanted to become a priest, but God had other plans for his life, as he told ERIN CARELSE.
Dominican Brothers Renew Simple Profession
By Ernest Mwape OP – Four Dominican brothers renewed their simple profession during the first vesper of Advent before God and...
New Proof for Christ’s Tomb
Scientists who helped restore a shrine above the site believed to be the place where Christ was buried say testing of samples has dated the tomb to at least the fourth century.
