Category: History of The Southern Cross

Issue #5000 is a good time to recall the proud history of The Southern Cross, but it is also a time to look to the future, writes ROSANNE SHIELDS, chair of the Catholic Newspaper &...

Part 2 of FR RUSSELL POLLITT‘s interview with Southern Cross editor Günther Simmermacher. (Go to part 1) Do you edit letters much? Only for clarity and language. But we might cut out inappropriate, irrelevant or repetitive...

Günther Simmermacher has been with The Southern Cross newspaper since 1995 and became its editor in 2001. FR RUSSELL POLLITT SJ interviewed him about The Southern Cross — past, present and future.   You have been with...

To celebrated The Southern Cross’ 5000th issue, we are looking back at our Catholic newspaper, first printed in 1920. The 1000th issue of The Southern Cross came out in December 1939. We un-archived it...

The board of directors had seen a gradual passing of the torch. On June 15, 1979, chairman Jean Pothier died suddenly. He had served on the board for nearly 33 years, and 24 of...

Advertising has always been a thorny terrain in terms of what is acceptable in a Catholic newspaper. Alcohol ads were common in the 1920s and ’30s before they declined. In November 1989, the board...

Managing editor Andrew Murray, appointed in late 1950, and editor Fr Louis Stubbs, appointed just two years earlier, steered The Southern Cross through a golden age that would see dramatic changes in the Church...

Before becoming a bishop, Fr McCann had been The Southern Cross editor, from 1941-48. He would return for a second stint from 1986-91. The Southern Cross is therefore the only newspaper ever to have...

By 1933, the Great Depression also affected The Southern Cross. In a gesture of concern for the staff, it was agreed in November that year to reduce the cut in salaries from 10% to...