Cartoon of the Week: The Milky Way
The Southern Cross has been publishing cartoons on its back page drawn by Conrad Burke since the early 90s. We...
2018
This Week’s Issue: 18 April – 24 April, 2018
VOCATIONS SUNDAY ISSUE » Pope’s guide to being holy » No retirement yet for Cardinal Napier » Brother, nun tell...
Mass Readings: 22 April – 29 April, 2018
Liturgical Calendar Year B Weekday Cycle 2 Sunday, April 22, 4th Sunday of Easter, Vocations Sunday Acts 4:8-12, Psalm 118:1,...
Rivonia Has a New Church!
The parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes in Rivonia, Johannesburg, have settled into their brand-new church, which was consecrated last month, after having used a church hall for the past 56 years.
Artist Presents his Favourite Painting to Priest
Well-known artist and writer Eric Bolsmann presented one of his favourite “not for sale” paintings to Mgr Marc de Muelenaere...
Good Leaders Get up Again when they Fall
One of the very first things good leaders do is to paint a picture of where the organisation needs to go and to show their followers how to work towards the goal that the organisation needs to achieve.
St Grandma? Pope Cites the Famous and the ‘Saint Next Door’
Naturally, in a document on the Christian call to holiness, Pope Francis cited a heavenly host of saints – including some whose sainthood causes are ongoing and some who probably will never be canonised.
Priest: ‘Miracle in my Church’s Destruction’
A Pretoria parish is picking up the pieces after its church suddenly collapsed just hours before it was going to be packed with the faithful.
Bring the Noise! A Church That Will Stand the Test of Time
It’s my humble opinion that so many of our Catholics brothers and sisters are very godly, without always living out the teaching of the Gospel message—but in the same vein they can be very petty and legalistic in practising their faith, without realising that legalism breeds a lifeless, boring faith
