Young Shepherd Comes to the Light
The Blind Beggar is a short Christmas story by FR RALPH DE HAHN – a shepherd’s story From the age...
Christmas
The Star of Bethlehem in July
In July, Jupiter and Venus converged in what has been called a Star of Bethlehem moment. For one development organisation...
Our very own Christmas Story – on the Road
Sometimes we encounter Christmas stories in unexpected places, as WINNIE?GRAHAM found one wet December day.
God’s Special Gift to Humans
In 2003 Archbishop DENIS HURLEY OMI wrote the Christmas guest editorial in The Southern Cross. It probably was the last...
Covering the ‘Most Powerful Woman in the World’
National Geographic magazine is featuring the Blessed Virgin as its cover story this month. CAROL?ZIMMERMANN?spoke to the journalist who wrote...
Christmas all Year Round
Christmas is not just once a year. It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you yes,...
What? No Midnight Mass?
One of the seasonal irritations of any parish office happens around this time. “Father, what time is midnight Mass?” In...
The story behind ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’
The composer of the melody of one of the most popular Christmas carols didn’t want it used for sacred purposes,...
Emmanuel: His Name is God with us
GUEST EDITORIAL BY FR PATRICK RAKEKETSI CSS – O Emmanuel, is the seventh and last , O antiphon. Emmanuel is the...
