Fr Pat Naughton SDB: Tribute to a Builder of Faith and Skills
This article by SYDNEY DUVAL appeared in our January 2022 issue. We are re-publishing it here to mark the passing of Salesian Father Pat Naughton on March...
Church / Church History / Priests / Sydney Duval
by Sydney Duval · Published March 23, 2022 · Last modified March 28, 2022
This article by SYDNEY DUVAL appeared in our January 2022 issue. We are re-publishing it here to mark the passing of Salesian Father Pat Naughton on March...
Church / Death / Priests / Sydney Duval
by Sydney Duval · Published January 27, 2021 · Last modified February 4, 2021
Last week the much-loved Mgr Paul Nadal of Durban died at the age of 88. Here SYDNEY DUVAL, his friend of more than 60 years, pays tribute...
Catholic Media / Church / Church History / Sydney Duval
by Sydney Duval · Published January 19, 2021
The printed word is the companion to the spoken word, keeping us alive to the spirit of Christ. SYDNEY DUVAL reviews the history of Catholic media in South...
Church / Death / Priests / Sydney Duval
by Sydney Duval · Published December 30, 2020 · Last modified December 29, 2020
By Sydney Duval – Fr Donatus Ndwalane CMM, who was the first South African Mariannhiller to be sent on a mission to a foreign country, has died at...
by Sydney Duval · Published September 5, 2020 · Last modified February 7, 2022
Today is the feast day of Mother Teresa – from our vaults, this is a recollection of when the saint came to South Africa. In November 1988...
About us / Catholic Media / Church / Crisis / History of The Southern Cross / Sydney Duval
by Sydney Duval · Published August 10, 2020
The Southern Cross’ retrenched staff came together one last time for a sad farewell — and some to chart the way for the publication’s future, as SYDNEY...
Blue Cranes A poem by Southern Cross director Sydney Duval, Oliviershoek 1966 Blue cranes fill a broken field With heartbeats – intimations! Distilled to pecking the silent...
Church / Death / Sydney Duval / Women and the Church
by Sydney Duval · Published June 29, 2020 · Last modified August 4, 2020
In the space of a few days, two great women of faith passed away. Sydney Duval, who knew both of them, pays tribute. This month, the Church...
Church / Death / Priests / Sydney Duval
by Sydney Duval · Published March 10, 2020 · Last modified February 11, 2021
Recently The Southern Cross published warm tributes to the late Fr Albert Danker OMI—the priest who built bridges over barriers and inspired others to do the same...
By Sydney Duval – At the centre of liturgical and community life in Holy Trinity church at Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, was Franciscan Nardini Sister Sola Schaumann celebrating her 100th...
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