By Obakeng Kgongoane – Skewed ideas of femininity convince us that womanhood can be bought in the form of prosthetic enhancements or anti-ageing products, thus reducing femininity to capital. Globally, the selfie-culture and competing...
The youth of St Francis of Assisi parish in Vanderbjilpark held a “Back to ‘80s” party, and Fr Anthony Spencer (aka King of Ubumnandi) was dressed for the occasion. (Submitted by Modjadji Motupa) More...
Who am I; what does it mean for me to be a person, to be a human being? Many people answer this question in the same way as Scripture, “I am John, a member...
By Sr Phatsimo Ramokgwebana – The installation of Bishop Frank Nubuasah as the fourth bishop of the diocese of Gaborone attracted multitudes of people at the University of Botswana Indoor Sports Arena. In attendance was...
Christian Living / Church / Parish Life / Rosary
by Admin · Published August 29, 2019 · Last modified August 26, 2019
The parish of St Kevin’s church in Windvogel, Port Elizabeth, staged a Rosary Rally. Participants embarked on a march through the streets of the community of Hillside, Salt Lake and Windvogel and ended their...
By Sr Phatsimo Veronica Ramokgwebana SC – A Christian Brother who facilitated the general chapter of the 53-year-old Sisters of Calvary in Botswana said the congregation’s joy was observable in what the Sisters had in...
THE UNIVERSAL CHRIST, by Fr Richard Rohr OFM. Convergent Books, New York. 2019. 260 pp. Reviewed by David Gibson A mature Christian, Franciscan Father Richard Rohr writes in his new book, “sees Christ in...
Bible / Church / Church Teaching / Scripture
by Admin · Published August 21, 2019 · Last modified August 22, 2019
August 25 will be Bible Sunday. To help us prepare, Br Mike Chalmers CF looks at how Scripture and the Eucharist work together to lead us to Christ. What better way can we prepare for receiving Christ...
Any Christian who has done the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius Loyola “can never give up hope”, because in these exercises “we encounter the incarnational Christ”, Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba told the Jesuit Institute’s...
Church / Mary / Our Lady / Prof Michael Ogunu / Sin in our Lives
by Admin · Published August 20, 2019 · Last modified September 7, 2019
The Church has dedicated the month of August 2019 to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Prof Michael Ogunu suggests various ways in which to make the devotion meaningful. A major theme in the message of...
Church / Parish Life / Women and the Church
by Admin · Published August 20, 2019 · Last modified August 19, 2019
Several speakers are lined up for a Women’s month event at Rivonia parish in Johannesburg on August 24. The event, hosted as a fundraiser by the parish’s Catholic Women’s League, takes as its theme,...
The president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has called on Church leaders to come out of the sacristies and be with the people who are left alone in desperate situations —...
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