Are Volunteers a Nightmare?
About 40 years ago I was waylaid in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, by an Irish Catholic priest who wanted to have a...
Chris Moerdyk
It’s over and out from me
Almost exactly four years ago, following the untimely death of Owen Williams, who penned this back page column for decades...
The terrible realities of poverty
For many months now the media spotlight has every now and then paused on the drought disaster on the Horn...
Famous brands through history
What do slave trading, newspapers and Cape Governor Sir George Young have in common? Or Mrs Ball’s Chutney, Jeyes Fluid...
Antiseptically yours, Chris
Last month a letter to the editor by Albert Vianello raised the question of germs, and a fellow Catholic, Dr...
Why we are on the cusp of civil war
A few weeks ago Spanish citizens took to the streets in protest against their country spending almost R1 billion for...
Marketing the faith for good
There is increasing sentiment within various levels of Catholic hierarchy these days about the biggest challenge facing the Church: the...
Navigating the church pew
There is nothing that appeals more to my innate sense of laziness than receiving e-mails from fellow Catholics who are...
Here’s a shot of good medicine
My father, a teacher, instilled in his children a love of reading. Not a love of books, mind, but a...
