Christmas / Church / Letter of the Week
by Letters Editor · Published September 6, 2019 · Last modified September 2, 2019
JM Thomson, Johannesburg – With Christmas approaching quite soon, individuals or Church groups will want to do extra to help the needy. Shelters for street children or homeless people need soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, face clothes,...
Christmas / Fr John Allen Green
by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published January 6, 2019 · Last modified December 21, 2018
We live in a world full of mystery and paradox. Life, death, love, suffering and time itself move within our consciousness without having any apparent need of our cooperation or consent. Our articulation and...
The children of St Patrick’s parish in Benoni, Johannesburg archdiocese, performed a Nativity play for the congregation. More Stories: Nativity Play in Plett! St Francis Xavier Parish Seniors Christmas Lunch St John’s Parish, Fishhoek...
The children of St John’s parish in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, put on a Nativity play. Here Mary, played by Engela gazes at the newborn Christ-child, “played” by baby Callum (with an unbiblical dummy...
Catholic Women's League / Christmas
by hazelelponiSC · Published December 29, 2018 · Last modified December 28, 2018
The Catholic Women’s League at Our Lady of Fatima parish in Durban North set up their Nativity scene at the local library. (Submitted by Anna Accolla) More Stories: Jesus, the Infant God-Man Nativity Play...
This year’s Nativity play at a home for women with crisis pregnancies, touchingly featured a six-day-old infant. During the play at Mater Domini Home in Cape Town, it was a special moment when the...
Christmas / Church / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 27, 2018 · Last modified December 24, 2018
25 questions to test your Christmas knowledge! Compiled by Günther Simmermacher 1 In which country was the Christmas hymn “Silent Night” written 200 years ago? a) Austria b) Germany c) Hungary 2 On which date...
by hazelelponiSC · Published December 27, 2018 · Last modified December 24, 2018
St Francis Xavier parish in Martindale, Johannesburg, held its annual seniors’ lunch at the church premises. (Submitted by Moira McKessar) More Stories: Nativity Play in Plett! St John’s Parish, Fishhoek Nativity Play! Nativity play at...
Christmas / History of The Southern Cross
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 26, 2018 · Last modified December 18, 2018
The Christmas edition of The Southern Cross in 1958 was a bumper 32-page affair. GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER steps into a time-capsule from 60 years ago. In the 1950s, the Catholic Church in South Africa, as...
By Mgr Francis Mannion – The story that we narrate and celebrate at Christmas needs no rehearsal. We know it by heart. The story has ancient roots in the world before Christ. He who...
Delivering his formal Christmas message and blessing, Pope Francis prayed for a world where all people would recognise that they are brothers and sisters and would work for justice and for peace. The birth...
Bishops / Christen Torres / Christmas
by Christen Torres · Published December 25, 2018 · Last modified December 27, 2018
What do bishops do at Christmas? CHRISTEN TORRES spoke to five South African prelates to find out. Christmas is a day of family, celebration and relaxation, but for bishops, as it is for all...
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