A Growing Lesson
By Maureen Pratt – As my birthday approached last month, I decided to purchase a few new additions to my...
2020
More Than Hair
This month’s reaction to the controversial Clicks advert has shown, once again, the stubborn inability of South Africans to listen...
Irish Priest Spurns Vatican Plan That Would Have Allowed Him To Return To Ministry
By Michael Kelly – A well-known Irish priest who has been in a dispute with the Vatican for several years...
Holy Mass of Creation Celebrated in Stellenbosch
Fr Wim Lindeque celebrates a “Holy Mass of Creation” at the Christian Brothers Centre in Stellenbosch, as part of sacred...
What’s Next for The Southern Cross?
Next week the final edition of The Southern Cross as a weekly newspaper will appear, in digital format only, as...
Record Wildfires, Hurricanes, Droughts – We Need The ‘Season Of Creation’
Climate change is real; its death and destruction is presently upon us, and it is projected to get much worse...
Mass readings: 20 September – 27 September, 2020
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year 2 Sunday September 20, 25th Sunday of the year Isaiah 55:6-9, Psalms...
Meaning of the Elements in New Bishop Noel Rucastle’s Coat of Arms
A bishop’s coat of arms is always carefully designed to include many symbolisms. Bishop Noel Rucastle, who was ordained bishop...
25th Sunday Reflection
Jesus was a tradesman, by tradition a carpenter or a stonemason. Jesus would have known what it meant to stand...
