Witbank Diocese Focuses on Using Media Tools in Evangelisation
The Witbank diocesan clergy met to discuss pastoral issues, present reports, and look at the important role that communication and the media play in today’s new evangelisation.
Christian Mission
Salesian Job-Training Courses Offered
A youth project in Cape Town is offering various skills courses in the fields of computers, food preparation, bricklaying, and sewing — for only R200 each.
Rev Martin Luther King Jr: His Wisdom is Still Calling us Higher
When a disciple of Jesus takes his or her baptismal call seriously, that person’s words and actions live on long after he or she leaves this world. An outstanding example of this truth is found in the prophetic discipleship of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
St Joseph’s Theological Institute: Formation for Mission and Ministry Conference
St Joseph’s Theological Institute will hold its fifth academic conference from April 5-7 at its campus in Cedara, near Pietermaritzburg. This year’s theme is “Formation for Mission and Ministry”, relating to the Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment to be held in Rome in October.
The Vagabond of God
By Didier Rance – The life and work of John Bradburne, the Vagabond of God , who was killed in 1979 in what is now Zimbabwe, had a powerful impact on me. I came to him late, indeed, after I had been working for more than 30 years studying the Catholic martyrs of our time.
SA Mercy Pilot Asks For Prayers
An October e-mail was received from a South African charter pilot to the Central African Republic. He flies for global humanitarian organisations who “help the locals tremendously. The aircraft getting these supplies out to the people are the lifeblood of the country — without them they would have nothing. We are almost their only hope.”
Book on Zimbabwe Martyrs to be Launched
A new book by a Jesuit priest about 30 missionaries who were murdered in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe between 1976 and 1988 will be launched in Johannesburg and Durban.
Cardinal Napier on Two of KwaZulu-Natal’s Biggest Projects
The archdiocese of Durban facilitated a legacy breakfast for 70 chosen stakeholders, people of influence and businesspeople to create awareness about two major projects undertaken by the Church in KwaZulu-Natal: the Mini World Youth Day and the Napier Centre 4 Healing.
Penniless Missionaries: Our Experiences
In August priests, seminarians, lay brothers and sisters of the Neocatechumenal Way became missionaries. They went mostly two-by-two all around South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland and Lesotho for a week announcing the Good News. They had with them only the Bible, breviary, crucifix, rosary and return ticket. No money, no cellphones.
