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 land barons in Brazil on the side of...
Category: Christian Leadership
Sr Tshifhiwa Munzhedzi OP: I Am Looking Forward to My New Job
In what may be a world-first, two women will be running the secretariat of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), as of July 1. This comes after Dominican Sister Tshifhiwa Munzhedzi was appointed the...
Consider a Values-Driven Church?
By Dennis Jackson – Consider these statements: “People don’t come to Church only because what you do is good; they will also come because it must be good for them.” And: “As a Church in...
Cardinal Napier’s Message to the Two Bishops Men’s Conference!
The Two Bishops Men’s Conference was held at Holy Family College in Glenmore, Durban. Cardinal Wilfrid Napier sent the following message: “What a pleasure and privilege to be given a key part to play in...
St Augustine’s Course on Christian Leadership
South Africa’s Catholic university will be offering a short course in Christian business leadership (CBL) based on the teachings, philosophy and pedagogy of Fr Joseph Kentenich, applied to the world of business as an appropriate...
Training Guide Dogs Costs R100 000 Each
IT costs up to R100000 to train a guide dog for the blind, and the South African Guide-Dogs Association for the Blind (GDA) has various programmes to raise money for the training of the dogs.
After Eight Years, Jo’burg Priest is Coming Home
Fr Michael Seheri, of the archdiocese of Johannesburg, has lived in Italy since June 2010. He successfully defended his doctoral thesis, “The Abrahamic Covenant: A Study From a Canonical Perspective”, at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (or Santa Croce).
Now for a Synod on Women in the Church
Catholic Women Speak conference in Rome. A South African representative to a Catholic women’s conference in Rome last month has called for a synod on women. At the Catholic Women Speak conference in Rome, she noted that the needs of Catholic women in Africa or India differ from those in Europe or the US.
New Guide on Praying the Scriptures
Bernadette Chellew’s Praying the Scriptures: 8 Chapters of Lectio Divina Reflections makes use of Judeo-Christian Scriptures, as well as the ancient Lectio Divina practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer, with the author promising to explore the “eight aspects of prayer” with readers.
After Brutal Attacks, Church Must Still Serve the Faithful
The brutal attack on a Pretoria study house in which a priest and a seminarian were injured in late September followed an onslaught of crimes against churches over the past few months—but “the Church will continue its work of ministry and service”, Archbishop William Slattery vowed
Catholic Firefighter Ready to Race for the Poor
Catholic firefighter Sipho Mataka will be running the Mandela Marathon on August 26 to raise money for the Denis Hurley Centre in Durban. Mr Mataka, 39, from New Hanover in KwaZulu-Natal, is no stranger to...
New Catholic Business Body Seeks Common Good
Following several conversations with Catholics in business and industry, it was felt that there needed to be a body where they could integrate faith and work;
