Christian Mission / Church / Franciscan Spirituality / Volunteering
by Tamar SC · Published October 16, 2018 · Last modified October 17, 2018
God gives everyone a mission, Diana George Babish said as she fielded a phone call about a dog which had been shot in Hebron. The mission God gave her is to take care of the abused and abandoned animals in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, she said.
Christen Torres / Christian Mission / lay ministry
by Christen Torres · Published October 9, 2018 · Last modified October 8, 2018
More than 250 members of the Legion of Mary, as well as delegates from the Eastern Cape and Cape Town, attended the legion’s founding celebration at Our Mother of Perpetual Help parish in Malabar, Port Elizabeth. The event celebrated 85 years of the Legion of Mary in South Africa.
Bible / Christian Living / Christian Mission / Scripture
by Jael SC · Published September 12, 2018 · Last modified September 11, 2018
As the Catholic Bible Foundation turns 25, head Br Mike Chalmers CFC looks back at how it started – in the most unlikely of places. The Catholic Bible Foundation (CBF) will celebrate its...
Christian Mission / Church / Religious Life
by Jael SC · Published August 30, 2018 · Last modified August 28, 2018
The Salesians’ Bosco Youth Centre in Walkerville, Johannesburg, held a vocations camp. The young men were introduced to Salesian founder St John Bosco by watching a movie on his life, and topics such as...
Christian Leadership / Christian Mission / Church
by Erin Carelse · Published August 15, 2018 · Last modified August 14, 2018
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...
Christian Living / Christian Mission / Church / Fr Ralph de Hahn / lay ministry
by Kilian SC · Published July 17, 2018
Have our people already forgotten the significance of their baptism by water, blood, fire and the anointing of the Holy Spirit (Mt 3:11; Acts 1:5)? It would appear so.
As a continuing initiative to promote a safe and healthy society for the young, some dioceses have started children’s sodalities. The Pretoria archdiocese is one of several, with a strong sodality for children. Called...
We must acknowledge the enormous contribution made by the missionaries – gallant men and women, religious and diocesan priests whose resilient sacrifice and love are kept alive in the local Church today.
Christian Living / Christian Mission / Church / Turner
by Judith Turner · Published June 12, 2018 · Last modified June 17, 2018
One of the key principles of Catholic Social Teaching is justice and peace. But how can we bring this about? To answer this question we may take inspiration from the Mahatma Gandhi who said: “Be the change you want to see.”
After 40 years of existence, the Catholic Engaged Encounter (CEE) programme has spread its wings to eSwatini, and now covers the whole pastoral region of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference.
Charity / Christian Mission / Church
by Erin Carelse · Published May 23, 2018 · Last modified May 22, 2018
Nicholas Barends was formally commissioned as the national director for Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) by Cape Town’s port chaplain Fr Gerardo Garcia CS. He succeeds the late Terry Whitfield in coordinating the...
Christian Mission / Religious Life
by Erin Carelse · Published May 22, 2018 · Last modified May 21, 2018
Bishop Jan de Groef of Bethlehem presided over a Mass in Cedara, KwaZulu-Natal, to mark the 150th anniversary of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, of which he is a member.
