From Our Vaults: Special Eucharistic Prayer
Eucharistic Prayer written especially for The Southern Cross by Msg Friedrich Carl Kolbe dated 5 June 1929 More Stories: From Our Vaults 30 Years Ago:...
Category: Centenary Year
From Our Vaults 91 Years Ago: June 5, 1929
Eucharistic Congress in Durban The Southern Cross describes the historic Eucharistic Congress in Durban as an “unprecedented pageant of the Royal Christ, a flaming evidence...
The Southern Cross Needs To Reach All Catholics
Fr Willem Basson, Kamiesberg, Northern Cape – I understand the difficult situation in which The Southern Cross and its staff find themselves at this Covid-19...
From Our Vaults 68 Years Ago: May 7, 1952
SA gets new patron at Durban congress The Church in South Africa celebrated its dedication to a new patron, Our Lady of the Assumption, with...
Calling all Catholics!
Calling all Catholics! Over the next couple of weeks we’ll be asking you all sorts of questions about Church, your parish and your faith life....
From Our Vaults 28 Years Ago: March 8, 1992
Bishops call for ‘Yes’ vote White South Africans have the chance to apologise for apartheid by voting a resounding “Yes” in President FW de Klerk’s...
From Our Vaults 19 Years Ago: March 4, 2001
Archbishop Napier becomes a cardinal Presiding over the largest consistory in history, Pope John Paul II created 44 new cardinals. They included Cardinal Wilfrid Napier,...
From Our Vaults 30 Years Ago: February 25, 1990
SA bishops on Mandela’s release Welcoming the release from prison after 27 years of Nelson Mandela, the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference says that “his...
From Our Vaults 98 Years Ago: February 18, 1922
New pope became cardinal last year The election of Cardinal Achilles Ratti of Milan to succeed Pope Benedict XV will not be a surprise...
From Our Vaults 68 Years Ago: January 31, 1951
New hierarchy for SA The newly-established hierarchy of South Africa will have four metropolitan archdioceses, which will be headed by Archbishops Denis Hurley OMI (Durban),...
From Our Vaults 3 Years Ago: January 25, 2017
Second feast of Bl Benedict Daswa The celebrations of the second feast day of Bl Daswa, on February 1, will be held at Tshitanini village,...
Stop The Southern Cross Rumour Mill!
This month, staff members of The Southern Cross and our office were confronted with rumours that we would close down in March or October. Nothing...
