Charity / Christian Living / Church / Schools
by Caleb SC · Published November 1, 2018 · Last modified October 29, 2018
The Catholic Board of Education proposed an initiative to raise awareness and funds for underprivileged Catholic schools around South Africa. Students at Marist Brothers Linmeyer in Johannesburg were asked to come to school in...
By Sr Phatsimo Ramokgwebana SC – A priest built a house and then handed it over to a single mother of ten children. Fr Foster Olator is stationed at Lwapa la Lerato parish in Jwaneng,...
The Denis Hurley Centre in Durban will be hosting the creation of a “sand mandala” this month. This painstaking procedure is a very rare sight to witness. Starting in the week of October 15,...
Orphans and vulnerable children, irrespective of their religious ties, are the focus of a project in the archdiocese of Cape Town. St Kizito’s Children’s Programme is a community-based, non-profit project responding to the Church’s...
Little Eden Society is calling on cyclists to “ride together for those who can’t” and help raise funds for the intellectually disabled at November’s 2018 Telkom 94.7 Cycle Challenge in Johannesburg. Last year, 34...
Charity / Church / Women and the Church
by Erin Carelse · Published July 25, 2018 · Last modified July 23, 2018
The Catholic Women’s League in Johannesburg archdiocese is gearing up for its Sisonke fête, set to be the biggest yet, with about 60 stalls. The archdiocese’s more than 78 CWL branches will be taking...
Longtime Little Eden CEO Lucy Slaviero, 65, is retiring and the society’s Xelda Rohrbeck, 35, will succeed her from September. The two will be working together over the remaining period to ensure a smooth...
Saint Joseph’s Home for chronically ill children in Cape Town has relaunched a “Happy Nappy” campaign, run last year, as a way of saving on the cost of buying disposable nappies.
The Vatican invited Catholics to pray for the 1,2 million seafarers around the world who work under difficult conditions and make huge sacrifices in their profession. Seafarers “play a significant role in our global...
Charity / Church / Disability
by Erin Carelse · Published June 12, 2018 · Last modified June 8, 2018
A centre for people with intellectual disabilities expects to benefit from the outcome of a conference it hosted. Enkuthazweni Centre in Nemato, Eastern Cape, consists of a school for children with intellectual disabilities, a rehab centre for those with severe or multiple disabilities, and a skills centre for young adults with intellectual disabilities.
Charity / Christian Living / Volunteering
by Erin Carelse · Published June 11, 2018 · Last modified June 14, 2018
The people of Durban will have an opportunity to choose from 100 different ways to celebrate Nelson Mandela, over a period of 100 days centred around the 100th anniversary of his birth in July....
Fr Teboho Matseke, Oblate Father Zweli Mlotshwa, Boycie Ntlwane and Collins Mokgotlwa will be among 20000 runners from more than 60 countries who will take part in the race on June 10.
