Protests Cause Uncertainty in Bethlehem, but for now, Pilgrims Visit
Despite the current uncertainty, life in Bethlehem continues, including pilgrimages to the place of Jesus’ birth
December 2017
How Music Can Call Back Ex-Catholics
Music in churches should be “beautiful and magnificent”, but also hospitable and accessible to everyone, according to an expert in liturgy.
Mom Said: Don’t be Happy in Advent
The comment caught me by surprise. I was in the middle of beginning a catechism class on Advent for Grade 5 boys and girl
God’s Greatness is Found in the Little Things
“There is God’s tenderness. The great one that makes himself little and the little one who is great. Christmas helps us to understand this: In that manger, (there is) the little God,”
Christmas Spirit Fills the Heart at Little Eden
Little Eden, home for children with intellectual disabilities, hosts a Christmas concert every year where residents have a chance to show off their abilities through the spirit of our Saviour, writes ERIN CARELSE
Heavens Alive!
Christmas in a village parish on the North Coast of then-Natal in the 1940s was a flowering of fragrance and colour from mangoes, avocados and litchis.
Third Sunday of Advent: Gaudete Sunday, Rejoice!
Today is Gaudete Sunday; Rejoice Sunday! It is a day for considering all that we as Christians and specifically as a Christian community can rejoice about.
Pope: Prepare the Way for the Lord with Prayer and Care
“It is a time to recognise the holes to be filled in our lives, to smooth the roughness of pride and make space for Jesus who is coming,” the pope said.
