When Mother Teresa Came to South Africa
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 Mother Teresa visited South Africa. In Cape Town,...
Author: Sydney Duval
The Southern Cross: Farewell and Look to the Future
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 DUVAL writes. As a window on the Catholic...
Poetry: Blue Cranes
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 yield Of a ploughman’s austere striations; They wear...
Tribute to Two Great SA Women of Faith
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 in South Africa lost two remarkable and well-known...
Joy As Pioneering Nun, Sister Sola Schaumann Turns 100!
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 birthday. Sr Sola’s Nardini companions, the hierarchy, priests,...
CWD: Requiem for a Great Organisation
Once it was one of the great welfare organisations of the Southern African Church; in November it closed its doors. Over two articles, SYDNEY DUVAL looks at the growth and legacy of Catholic Welfare & Development, which...
