Mission Accomplished: Pope to Declare 14 New Saints
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The celebration of World Mission Sunday is a popular day for a pope to canonise...
October 2024
Near East Rand Youth Deanery hosts Exhibition of the Eucharistic Miracles
By Kati Dijane – Saturday, 12 October 2024, marked the feast day of Blessed Carlo Acutis, a millennial whose canonisation...
Can Lay People Give a Blessing at Communion?
Question: I have been to churches where young children and those not receiving the Eucharist still process forward at Communion...
Mass Readings: 20 October – 27 October, 2024
Liturgical Calendar Year B – Weekday Cycle Year II Sunday October 20, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Is 53: 10-11/...
SA’s Teen Suicide Season
During matric season, suicide rates climb. As South Africa prepares for the exam season, Günther Simmermacher looks at the issues...
St Lewis Bertrand parish celebrates its patron saint
By Kati Dijane – From Seanamarena blankets to shweshwe outfits, Basotho hats and Swati, Tsonga and Sipedi attires, parishioners of...
Pope calls for Mideast cease-fire; prays for peace in Ukraine, Haiti
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Pope Francis called again for “an immediate cease-fire on all fronts” in the Middle East,...
St Christopher’s Brodino Soup
Every month in her Cape Town kitchen, Grazia Barletta prepares a recipe inspired by the saints, and shares it with...
Pray with the Pope: Let the Church’s Mission be Shared
Every month Fr Chris Chatteris SJ reflects on Pope Francis’ prayer intention Intention: Let us pray that the Church continues to sustain a...
