Fr David Rowan SJ to Head Consecrated Life Body (LCCL)
Fr David Rowan SJ, Jesuit regional superior in South Africa, has been elected president of the umbrella body for religious...
May 2018
More Americans Believe in a Higher Power than in God, study says
A new Pew Research Centre survey has some interesting takeaways. While the majority of Americans say they believe in a higher power, what they are talking about isn’t necessarily God “as described in the Bible.”
Winter Living Theology 2018: Bridging the Gap Between Faith and Society
Fr Bryan Massingale was invited to meet one of the key works of the Jesuit Institute: to bridge the gap between faith and society – this he will do in the Winter Living Theology series of lectures…
Young Women: ‘Why we are SVP Members’
Two young people had a desire to make a difference in their community and Church, and have been able to do so by joining the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP). Ofentse Mahasha, who is 19, and Lindokuhle Mwelase, 22, both of St Philip Neri parish in Moletsane, Soweto, said that through the SVP, their eyes have been opened to the needs of many families.
Author Donates Income from Photo Book to Church Charities
Grazia Barletta, a parishioner at Our Lady of Good Hope in Sea Point, Cape Town, has created and published a coffee table photography book entitled Moments that Have Captured my Heart.
Oprah’s Movie A Wrinkle in Time is Catholic Produced!
The new movie starring Oprah Winfrey took four years to make – hardly a wrinkle in time – as the Catholic co-producer told MARK PATTISON.
Feeling a Fool Because of May
Some of the children at my son’s school have been tasked with learning the maypole dance. The dance is performed by pairs of boys and girls who stand alternately around the base of the maypole — a painted pole, decorated with flowers, around which people traditionally dance on May Day — each holding the end of a ribbon.
And Now For the Bad News
Due to sharp increases in the production and distribution of The Southern Cross, as well as the recent VAT increase, we are forced to increase the cover price of the newspaper as of May to R10.
Our Dance With Time
Many of us have had the misfortune of watching time move as quickly as a tortoise. There are times in our work, school or ministry that bring us to a moment of staring helplessly at a clock.
