SACBC: Citizens, Reclaim the Dream
A call from the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference to All Citizens to Reclaim the Dream Thirty years after the joy of our democratic elections, we remain grateful...
August 2023
From Our Vaults 45 Years Ago: August 20, 1978
Previous “From The Vaults” articles. See larger images from the issue Who will be the new pope? As the world mourns Pope Paul VI, who died on...
Durban North and Central Deanery Celebration for the Child Jesus Sodality
Five Parishes united in their celebration of the Child Jesus Sodality on Saturday, August 26 at Blessed Liberat Parish. Mass was offered by Fr Ndumiso Khumalo, Fr...
To Go Out and Be Of Service
I try to have as little as possible to do with government departments. My low expectation — rarely proven wrong — is that the experience will be...
My Flat is Haunted: Call the Exorcist?
Question: I believe our flat’s ceiling is spooked. We hear inexplicable footsteps, cupboard doors sounding like they are being opened, and so on. Nothing we have tried...
Jesus, the Living God, Helps Believers on Path to Holiness
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – If Jesus were just a great teacher or prophet or even hero from the past, imitating him and following him on the...
Mass Readings: 3 September – 10 September, 2023
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year 1 Sunday September 3, 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Jer 20:7-9/ Ps 63:2. 3-4. 5-6. 8-9 (2b)/ Rom 12:1-2/...
Confirmations at Our Lady Assumed into Heaven Parish in Sasolburg!
Congratulations to the 14 candidates who received the Sacrament of Confirmation on Sunday, August 27 at Our Lady Assumed into Heaven Parish in Sasolburg, Free State. The...
Preserving the Family
Imelda Diouf is a South African educator and Katarzyna Lewucha is a Polish social worker. This is the eighth in a twelve-part series in which they will...
Pope says there is a ‘strong reactionary’ element in US Catholic Church
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The Catholic Church in the United States has “a very strong reactionary” element that is well-organised and refuses to see how Catholic...
