Fr Chris Townsend: Marriage No Longer Means The Same
Let’s face it: the law governing marriage in South Africa is useless. At best it is a product of its time and deeply flawed. It was written...
Let’s face it: the law governing marriage in South Africa is useless. At best it is a product of its time and deeply flawed. It was written...
On that fateful afternoon 82 days ago, before going home to start the Level 5 lockdown, I was anxious—and a bit excited. I was very proud of...
by Chris Townsend · Published January 14, 2020 · Last modified January 9, 2020
South Africa has to face a difficult reality. The cupboard is bare. The delinquent children and their friends have eaten the provisions, then eaten the pantry, the...
Christian Living / Church / Fr Chris Townsend / Parish Life
by Chris Townsend · Published December 17, 2019 · Last modified December 15, 2019
I have never won the lotto. I won a few rands in the distant past, and I suppose to win it, you have to be in it....
Church / Ethics & Human Dignity / Fr Chris Townsend
by Chris Townsend · Published November 19, 2019 · Last modified November 18, 2019
Can the #newnobility actually do any good? I recently noticed that a certain established bank — the editor won’t let me use its name, but it has...
Church / Fr Chris Townsend / Priests
by Chris Townsend · Published August 27, 2019 · Last modified August 23, 2019
Priests do not meet the cookie-cutter image of popular imagination, but as different as they are, maybe in parish management a cookie-cutter approach is needed, argues Fr...
Church / Fr Chris Townsend / Priests
by Chris Townsend · Published April 8, 2019 · Last modified April 4, 2019
Generally, I think most of my priest colleagues dread taking calls from their local ordinary — the fancy term we use for the bishop or superior. We...
I don’t have much trust in high-level summits. I really don’t think much is done or achieved by calling an SADC summit or even a summit to...
by Chris Townsend · Published February 12, 2019 · Last modified February 15, 2019
Holidays are a great time to chill, relax and have a chance to allow your mind to wonder. I am not a New Year’s resolution type of...
Fr Chris Townsend / Sacraments
by Chris Townsend · Published January 15, 2019 · Last modified January 14, 2019
The question of “sacraments for sale” is a sensitive one — and Fr Chris Townshend is trying to make sense of it. (Photo: Steve Buissinne) The month...
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