Retreat Focuses on the Mystery of Creation
An intergenerational retreat was held for parishioners and confirmation candidates of St Peter’s parish in Strand, near cape Town, on...
2019
Foreigners, Locals Share Views Of One Another
The Justice & Peace Commission (J&P), with the help of the Commission for Refugees and Migrants, hosted a workshop on...
Street Renamed for Paddy Kearney
The late Paddy Kearney, founder of the Denis Hurley Centre and former director of the Diakonia Council of Churches,...
From Our Vaults 30 Years Ago: November 19, 1989
Every week for the duration of our 100th year, we dig an old issue of The Southern Cross out of our vaults,...
Pope: Refusing God’s Generosity is a Sin
In life, Christians face the choice of either being open to encountering God’s generosity or closed in on their own...
Why We Can’t Close Doors On Criminals
The way that society deals with crime and those who have committed them needs a new vision, a priest says....
Pope: Catechism Will be Updated to Include Ecological Sins, Hate Sins
Following through on a proposal made at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, Pope Francis said there are plans...
Sin, Confession and Penance
As a sinner, I find myself confessing the same sins repeatedly. I have discovered that the priest gives a variety...
Youth Ministry: Time to be Radical?
For the Extraordinary Mission Month our parish decided to focus much of its attention on evangelisation and getting more “bench-warmers”...
