A Season of Special Joy
Dear Reader, When we are young, a year takes so long that when the Advent wreaths go up again, we barely remember last Christmas. For me, and...
Christmas
The Winding Paths to Peace
In September, we welcomed a group of Northern Irish volunteers in their early twenties to the Denis Hurley Centre in Durban. They spent a few days at...
Cribs: A Brief History of the Nativity Scene
The Nativity scene that forms such an important part of our celebration of the Christmas season was invented by St Francis of Assisi. GUNTHER SIMMERMACHER takes a...
Plenary Indulgences for Nativity Scene Jubilee
This Christmas marks the 800th anniversary of the first Nativity Scene being staged by St Francis of Assisi in the small town of Greccio in central Italy. To...
St Andrew the Apostle
November 30 is the Feast of St Andrew the Apostle. The Saint Andrew Christmas Novena starts from November 30 up until Christmas. Not a traditional novena of...
Pope: Contemplate Greatness of God’s Love in Simplicity of a Crèche
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Whether simple or elaborate, the same every year or constantly changing, a Nativity scene echoes “the beauty of our faith,” Pope Francis...
Join Little Eden Society’s Annual Christmas Concert: “100 Years of Disney”
Little Eden Society invites you to travel with their residents on a magic carpet ride through 100 years of fantasy at their annual Christmas concerts. This enchanting...
Vatican Nativity scene to honour 800th anniversary of St Francis’ Creche
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – On the 800th anniversary of St Francis of Assisi setting up the first Nativity scene, the creche in St Peter’s Square in...
Pope on Epiphany: Faith involves Questioning, Risks & Adoring Jesus
By Carol Glatz, CNS- Faith is a journey inspired by restless questioning, fraught with risk, powered by perseverance in prayer and charity, and culminating in the awe,...
Jesus is the Light: Feast of the Epiphany
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB – Epiphany Sermon and Christian Act in The Word Theme: “Have I found the light in 2023! “Jesus Christ who saves is the...
