Newly-ordained Durban priest Fr Wandile Sosibo Chagwe is pictured with Clementia Gambushe. As a seminarian, Fr Chagwe was supported throughout his studies by the Catholic Women’s League of Woodlands parish. He was ordained at...
The youth of Umzimkulu diocese in KwaZulu-Natal gathered at Sibizane, Centocow mission, to follow Jesus on his Way of the Cross for 7km to the Centocow shrine of Merciful Jesus and Mary, Our Lady...
The youth of Sacred Heart parish in Montclair, Durban, spent a day of prayer and fun at the beach. Joined by other members of the community, they prayed the rosary and played indigenous games....
The last project which Catholic Welfare & Development (CWD), the former social development agency of the archdiocese of Cape Town, worked on was its annual “Buckets of Love” campaign. These buckets contained food and...
Having returned from the Divine Renovation Conference 2019 in Birmingham, England, the head of regional development for Alpha Africa says the model of parish renewal proposed by Canadian priest Fr James Mallon is taking root...
Catholic Women's League / Church
by Jael SC · Published March 13, 2019 · Last modified March 11, 2019
Catholic Women’s League member Delise Addis of Immaculate Conception parish in Pinetown near Durban (second left) was awarded the papal Bene Merenti medal. CWL members celebrating with her, her family and parishioners were (from...
During Lent we accompany Jesus on his Passion journey. As we await the glory of the Resurrection at Easter, we must keep our eyes on the Cross, suggests JOACHIM ANAKWENZE. The period of Lent...
Pope Francis has lifted the canonical penalties imposed 34 years ago on Fr Ernesto Cardenal, 94, the Nicaraguan poet and former member of the Sandinista government. In a statement, Archbishop Waldemar Sommertag, the Vatican...
Marking his silver jubilee as a bishop, the archbishop of Pretoria urged priests to find the meaning of their vocation in faith, to trust God, to be ministers of the Word, and to have...
First-year seminarians from St Francis Xavier Seminary in Athlone, Cape Town, celebrated Mass at St Mary’s cathedral. Priests officiating were (from left) seminary rector Fr Thomas Plastow, main celebrant and assistant priest at the...
Political and corporate sectors have betrayed the trust of the South African people, and the general election on May 8 “presents all South Africans with the opportunity to renew our vision” for the country,...
When the Vatican Congregation for Clergy developed guidelines a decade ago for handling cases of priests who father children, the first objective was to make it easier for those men to leave the priesthood...
