Bicentenary to be Shown on TV
A TV programme on October 21 will reflect on this year’s bicentennial of the Catholic Church in South Africa. The...
October 2018
Missions Offer Rural Youth IT Training
Three Catholic missions in Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal are the sites for successful computer schools for disadvantaged rural youth, established by...
A Happy Birthday?
I have always wondered who the original composer of the “Happy Birthday” song was. Year after year, many people...
My Friend, Fr Oscar
By Jo Tuckman – Leonor Chacón remembers every emotion she felt on March 24, 1980, as if it were yesterday. It...
If Pope is Innocent of Vigano’s Claim, Let Him Say So
The Southern Cross editorial of September 12 in favour of a Truth & Reconciliation Commission for repairing the abuse scandal and restoring justice to the Church in the wake of the terrible crisis engulfing the whole Body of Christ, deserves grateful praise.
This Violence is Not Who We Are!
While I was reading an article by Ricardo da Silva SJ on Jesuit Institute Connect, titled “A Pain That We Must Hold”, my mind took me to the recent survey concerning the escalating level of violence in our country.
Pope Paul VI Changed the Church
As the pope who oversaw much of Vatican II and its aftermath, Paul VI had to steer between continuity and...
Catholic Tertiary Student Heads Called on to be ‘Servant-Leaders’
Catholic student leaders need to be “servant-leaders, as Jesus taught his disciples”, said Fr Peter Chungu, chaplain to the Association...
I Like a Touch of Gothic
One of my hobbies is to research the links between the scholastic frame of mind and architecture. It goes...
