Three Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood celebrated their jubilees at Mariannhill. They are (front from left) Srs Amanda Raich (60 years), Eugenia Ntombela (50 years), and Sebalda Kienast (60 years). The celebrating nuns...
Catholic Women’s League members of St Francis Xavier parish in Bluff, Durban, spent a Saturday morning having tea and cake with priests at Sabbon House, the retirement home for Oblates. (Submitted by Nickole Whittock)...
Sr Helen-Veronica Wagner OP – Oakford Dominican Sister Josephine Robecke died on June 27 at the age of 82. Born on September 6, 1936, to Johannes and Elisabeth Robecke in Sassenberg in the central...
When Bl John Henry Newman is elevated to the canonised sainthood in October, he will become Britain’s first new saint since the canonisation of St John Ogilvie in 1976. Born on February 21, 1801,...
Saint Patrick’s church in La Rochelle, Johannesburg, celebrated the blessing of its new stained glass windows and the unveiling of its plaque of sponsors. Bishop Duncan Tsoke, auxiliary of Johannesburg, led the celebration of...
Education / Education 2019 / Online / Technology & Christian Life
by Jael SC · Published June 24, 2019
The new digital world has expanded our horizons, creating opportunity but also hazards. Two Catholic organisations teamed up to help schools teach their learners how to live in that world with integrity, reports RICARDO DA...
Education in South Africa faces many challenges, and the Catholic Church has a role to play in meeting them, as ANNE BAKER explains. That all is not well in South African schools is common...
Patrick and Diana Budd of Pinetown, Durban, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a thanksgiving service and renewal of vows. Their golden anniversary service was conducted by Fr Brian Southward, retired parish priest at...
By Samantha Carolus – Contemplative prayer will again form part of Spiritfest at this year’s Grahamstown Festival. Spiritfest will be hosting a collaboration between the World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM) and the Centre...
The Catholic Men’s Forum held its fifth anniversary celebration on Africa Day at the cathedral of Christ the King in Johannesburg. The theme for the 2019 conference was “Men’s response to mitigate violence against...
In September a priest who leads an international Christian meditation movement will visit South Africa. PAUL FALLER provides some background. In September the spiritual leader of the World Community for Christian Meditation will make a...
Sr Helen-Veronica Wagner OP – Oakford Sister Carol-Anne Vornhusen died on March 27 at the age of 91. Born on February 1, 1928, in Vechta, diocese of Münster, Germany, she trained in home economics...
