SACBC Christmas Message 2025
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I wish you grace and peace as we prepare ourselves to welcome the newborn...
Christmas
Pope: Christmas crib and tree are signs of hope
By Carol Glatz, CNS – The Nativity scene and the Christmas tree are signs of faith and hope, Pope Leo...
Christmas: It’s Not Just Another Day
By James Katende – Do We Celebrate Christmas Knowing It’s About Jesus Christ, or Is It Just Another Day? Each...
Mass Readings: 21 December – 28 December, 2025
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year II Sunday December 21, 4th Sunday of Advent Is 7: 10-14 /...
A Christmas miracle – when enemies became brothers
By Tony Magliano – As the first Christmas of World War I approached, Pope Benedict XV on Dec. 7, 1914, asked...
Are Christmas Trees Pagan?
Question: If it is true that the custom of putting up a Christmas tree was originally a pagan practice, is...
Pope Leo’s First Teaching
Last month, I talked about our care for the poor, since it was one of the November focuses of the...
Hayden’s Christmas Miracle at St Joseph’s Home
When seven-year-old Hayden was admitted to St Joseph’s Intermediate Paediatric Care in March this year, his prognosis was touch-and-go. Tuberculous meningitis...
Pope on Epiphany: God does not reject or forget anyone
By Carol Glatz, CNS – Just as the star over Bethlehem called to and welcomed everyone to encounter the newborn...
