Church / Church History / Saints / Women and the Church
by Admin · Published January 18, 2020 · Last modified January 14, 2020
In part 2 of the Pauline Jaricot story, Colleen Constable explains how Pauline was miraculously cured, how she handled betrayal and poverty, and what lessons her life holds for us today. Long before St...
By Phiwokuhle Xulu – The life of the Dominicans in South Africa has always been centred on preaching to those at the frontiers. The period has seen many excellent preachers, and one of them was...
Nagenoeg wine farm at Stellenbosch, Western Cape, will host its 21st annual Blessing of the Vines on Saturday, January 25, and the annual Winemakers and Distillers Mass will be celebrated on January 30. The...
By Fr Sifiso Ntshangase – Fr Francis Sibusiso Zulu of Eshowe diocese died in a motor accident in Mokopane in Limpopo on December 3, along with his colleague Fr Owen Wilcock. Fr Zulu was...
Church / Church History / Parish Life
by Admin · Published January 14, 2020 · Last modified January 9, 2020
Fr Gerard Masters hands the gift of a chalice to Delores and Leonard van der Schyff of St Anne’s parish in Steenberg, Cape Town. The Van der Schyffs accepted the chalice, passed on by...
In 19th-century France, a lay woman made a big difference in evangelisation and missionary work. In a two-part series, COLLEEN CONSTABLE looks at the life of Pauline Jaricot. The remarkable life of Pauline Marie Jaricot, founder...
Clericalism is doing the Church great harm, but what’s the solution? DR SIPHIWE MKHIZE suggests a humility based in the concept of kenosis. Today, we are living in an enormously traumatic moment that at...
Father Owen Mark Wilcock of Port Elizabeth diocese died in a motor accident in Mokopane in Limpopo on December 3, the 24th anniversary of his ordination. Fellow priest Fr Sibusiso Zulu of Eshowe diocese...
About us / Christmas / Church / Church History
by Admin · Published December 25, 2019 · Last modified December 17, 2019
The war-time Christmas edition of The Southern Cross in 1944 was a 12-page affair. GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER steps into a time-capsule from 75 years ago. In 1944, the concerns of the Church were still with...
Christmas, the coming of God as an infant, didn’t happen 2000 years ago, but is happening today, as ARCHBISHOP WILLIAM SLATTERY OFM explains. In their 1990s song “Everybody Hurts”, the US rock band R.E.M. sang: “So, hold...
Christmas / Church / Church History
by Admin · Published December 24, 2019 · Last modified December 19, 2019
One of the great poets of the ages, St Ephrem of Syria left us with a treasure of profound Christmas reflections. Who was he, and what did he say about Christmas almost 1700 years...
Christmas / Church / Simmermacher
by Admin · Published December 24, 2019 · Last modified December 23, 2019
25 questions to test your Christmas knowledge! Compiled by Günther Simmermacher 1.In which country may people wish you Merry Christmas by saying: “Mbotama Malamu!” a) Congo b) Ghana c) Kenya 2. Which Gospel reports...
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