Bicentenary to be Shown on TV
A TV programme on October 21 will reflect on this year’s bicentennial of the Catholic Church in South Africa. The programme, part of the weekly Hosanna show, will include footage of the Bicentennial Mass...
Author: Jael SC
Catholic Tertiary Student Heads Called on to be ‘Servant-Leaders’
Catholic student leaders need to be “servant-leaders, as Jesus taught his disciples”, said Fr Peter Chungu, chaplain to the Association of Catholic Tertiary Students in the Eastern Cape. The region includes Nelson Mandela University,...
Priest Builds House for Poor Family
By Sr Phatsimo Ramokgwebana SC – A priest built a house and then handed it over to a single mother of ten children. Fr Foster Olator is stationed at Lwapa la Lerato parish in Jwaneng,...
Christians must Live the Beatitudes, not just Preach them
With songs, poetry and dance – including hip-hop – young people shared with Pope Francis and members of the Synod of Bishops some of their life stories, hopes, dreams and, especially, questions. The late-afternoon...
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year Reflection
Life is toil, and then we die! We recognise that our lives are filled so many diversions, so many urgent things that require my attention. Living from one pay check to the next...
Some Married Men Would Answer a Call to Priesthood, Bishop Says
Speaking to the Synod of Bishops on behalf of Belgium’s bishops’ conference, a bishop said he was sure some young married men would become priests if they were asked. The vocations of Christian marriage...
6 Jubilees for 6 Dominican Sisters!
Six King Dominican Sisters celebrated their 50, 60 and 65 years of religious life at St Mary’s in Johannesburg. All became nuns just before or while Vatican II was unfolding, and have experienced profound changes in...
Something Worth Waiting For
By Julia Beacroft – Both my mother and my eldest son have their birthdays in October, and there is exactly 50 years and a day difference in their ages. How lovely, you might say, but...
Catholic Nurses Guild Attend International Conference in Malaysia!
Members of the Catholic Nurses’ Guild of Southern Africa attended the International Catholic Committee of Nurses and Medico-Social Assistants’ congress at Kuching in Sarawak, Malaysia. (From left) secretary Ms Morigihlane, chaplain Fr Michael Rasello,...
The Pope Who Inspired Romero and Hurley
Two giants in the struggle for justice studied at the same time in Rome and took inspiration from the pope at the time, explains PADDY KEARNEY. Archbishops Óscar Romero of San Salvador and Denis Hurley...
Cardinal: Damage of abuse scandal caused by church leadership, not media
The days of making “weak excuses” in response to the sexual abuse crisis are over, said German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising. The fallout and damage that has resulted, he added,...
10 Years for Deacon Keith Peter McKenzie
Deacon Keith Peter McKenzie of Our Lady of Loreto parish in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, celebrated the tenth anniversary of his ordination. A celebration was organised at the church and after Mass, parish priest Fr...
