Caring for Our Mental Health as Church
Deacon Ed Shoener’s ministry is centred around serving those with mental health issues — and encouraging parishes to share in...
February 2026
Pope Leo’s Lenten Message
Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion Dear brothers and sisters, Lent is a time in which the...
Mass Readings: 22 February – 1 March, 2026
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year II Sunday February 22, 1st Sunday of Lent Gn 2: 7-9; 3:...
Marfam Eco-Friendly Family Lenten Resources and The Year Of St Francis 2026
Marfam is taking up the focus of The Year of St Francis in the FAMILIES AND LENT booklet LOVE IS...
Ash Wednesday
Prayer for today’s Ash Wednesday – a holy day of prayer and fasting🙏 to prepare our hearts for Christ’s Resurrection.
Should I Wear Ashes All Day?
Question: We have all heard the injunction from Matthew’s Gospel, “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that...
Lent Urges Us to Venture from Darkness into the Light
By Tony Magliano – With dust-like ashes crossed upon our foreheads, each one of us is firmly presented with Ash Wednesday’s...
What the Pope Said This Week
Jason Scott’s weekly review of Pope Leo XIV’s audiences – Sunday, 8 February: Angelus on Salt and Light Pope Leo...
Opening Mass and New Leadership for Youth in Far East Rand Deanery
By Kati Dijane – More than 200 young people from the Far East Rand Deanery in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg...
