Fr Joy Sebastian: Become Part of the Salesian Family
On Good Shepherd Sunday, the Salesian Youth Movement of Gauteng region held a Vocations Awareness Day at All Saints parish in Ennerdale,...
2018
New Rules for Nuns
The Vatican has released an instruction with new norms for contemplative orders of nuns, encouraging cooperation among their monasteries and outlining procedures for communities left with only a few members. The document, “Cor Orans” (“Praying Heart”), aims to safeguard the identity and mission of contemplative women religious
Pope Worried by Selfie Culture
Meeting with priests and lay leaders of the diocese of Rome, the pope said he realised the negative social implications of technology a few days earlier when he was greeting teens participating in a programme of the international network of Scholas Occurrentes.
The State of Education in South Africa
South Africa’s basic education system is largely on the right track, but huge challenges remain, as Mduduzi Qwabe explains. The provision of basic education remains one of the key priorities of government, with an allocated budget of R246,8 billion this year.
Fr Ron Rolheiser Comes to South Africa!
Fr Rolheiser will be in South Africa for the annual meeting of the Association of Oblate Institutes of Higher Learning, a meeting of all the OMI institutes around the world where the presidents of each institute get together for a week to discuss and network.
Pens, Books and the Colosseum
My university education has been a long and difficult journey. I have changed courses multiple times and even now, in...
Marist Brothers for Nazareth House!
Grade 6 students at Marist Brothers Linmeyer, in southern Johannesburg, supported the school’s outreach programme by collecting biscuits for Nazareth...
Have Men Forgotten God?
The Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, describing the woes of his country under the Soviets, said: “Men have forgotten God.”
Recent studies among European youth back this up: even the leftovers of a vague identification with cultural Christianity are evaporating
German Priest Criticised and Ridiculed for Headscarf Protest
A German pastor has ignited controversy by donning a headscarf during his Pentecost Sunday sermon. Father Wolfgang Sedlmeier, pastor of the Parish of St. Maria in Aalen, shocked his congregation by tying a scarf around his head during a Pentecost sermon and wearing it on the altar during the duration of the service.
