Mass Readings: 27 May – 3 June, 2018
Liturgical Calendar Year B Weekday Cycle 2 Sunday, May 27, Trinity Sunday Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40, Psalm 33:4-6, 9, 18-20, 22,...
2018
Engaged Encounter Now in eSwatini!
After 40 years of existence, the Catholic Engaged Encounter (CEE) programme has spread its wings to eSwatini, and now covers the whole pastoral region of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference.
Pope: Church is a Mother, not a Bachelor
The church must “remain female” and “have this attitude of a wife and mother” who nurtures her children, the pope said in his homily during a morning Mass commemorating the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church.
Commit Yourself to Ending War this Memorial Day
As the United States approaches its annual day to remember the more than 1 million American combatants who have died in the country’s many wars, it is most appropriate to ask ourselves, “What would be the wisest and most loving way to celebrate Memorial Day?”
Condemning Gays Condemns the Creator
June Boyer, Johannesburg – It is very worrying that The Southern Cross is facing a financial crisis. I have been...
Finalists Gear up for Catholic Talent Show
A Cape Town parish is preparing for the grand finale of its Churches Got Talent contest. The grand finale, with 16 finalists, will be held on June 3 at the Portuguese Association in Rugby.
Nicky Barends: Apostleship of the Sea New Director!
Nicholas Barends was formally commissioned as the national director for Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) by Cape Town’s port...
Mary in the Holy Land: Final Stations
In the final of his three articles on sites of the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Holy Land, Günther Simmermacher visits the places in Jerusalem where the Church was ‘born’, where Mary fell into eternal sleep, and from where she was assumed into heaven.
Cardinal Skips Mass to Avoid Priest Accused of Nazism
Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, cancelled his participation in an upcoming Mass...
