St Joseph’s Home: Face Masks are a Challenge
For homes caring for children, Covid-19 regulations have created not only logistic and financial but also interpersonal challenges. That has been the experience of St Joseph’s Home...
Category: Charity
Tribute to a Great Leader of the Poor
By Fr Mokesh Morar – Last month saw the passing of a truly remarkable Church leader who stood up against the systematic violence of the state and...
Now Is A Time Christians Must Courageously Share With Others
It has been said countless times during the past several months, but it bears repeating: We are in uncharted territory. No one could have imagined the 2020...
Orphans Visit Retired Nuns
Orphaned and vulnerable children of the Sacred Heart Home in Mthwalume, KwaZulu-Natal, celebrated national Women’s Day by visiting the retired nuns of the Daughters of St Francis...
Ten Tips For Good Ethics
South Africa was already a country full of people in need. But now the Covid-19 pandemic, and the related economic lockdown, means that there are even more...
Food Parcels Come In For Emmanuel Place of Hope
Sr Monica Madyembwa, provincial leader of the Holy Cross Sisters of South Africa, with the 156 food parcels donated by the De La Salle Holy Cross College...
Catholic Aftercare Centre Steps Up For Hungry Children
When a Catholic aftercare centre in Cape Town’s Manenberg area planned its tenth anniversary this year, nobody could foresee that its function in the coronoavirus crisis would...
Denis Hurley Centre’s Homeless Tell Their Own Stories On Film
A group of men staying under lockdown at the Denis Hurley Centre (DHC) in Durban have brought their creative ideas and lived experiences together to write, direct,...
Pope Donates Items For Online Auction To Benefit Hospitals
By Carol Glatz – Sports fans and collectors will have an opportunity to bid on unique items and memorabilia as part of an online charity auction to benefit...
J&P Wants To Help Give Out More Food Parcels
The bishops’ Justice & Peace Commission (J&P) is negotiating with the United Nations to explore possibilities for a second phase of its food relief initiative. This comes...
Some European Catholic Leaders Echo Pope’s Call For Universal Basic Wage
By Jonathan Luxmoore – Catholic groups across Europe have echoed Pope Francis’ call for a universal basic wage as part of recovery plans after the coronavirus pandemic....
Extending Grace, Respect For Others Are Necessary As We Return To Mass
As public Masses resumed in the Archdiocese of St. Louis on May 18, many Catholics are relieved by being reunited with our eucharistic Lord and with one...
