Is Devil Using New Virus To Cause Us To Doubt?
Earl Smiles, Klerksdorp – At a Lenten lecture in the cathedral in Klerksdorp, Fr Don Bohé OMI repeated a much-loved phrase of his: “Mass is non-negotiable.” Because Jesus is present at the Mass. It...
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South African Jesuit: Informal Settlements ‘Perfect Storm’ For COVID-19
By Bronwen Dachs – Africa’s informal settlements, where running water is scarce, make for a “perfect storm” as COVID-19 spreads through the continent, said a prominent South African Jesuit. In these crowded settlements on the...
Parish’s Drive-in Offers Catholics Safe Way to Adore Blessed Sacrament
By Josephine von Dohlen – A 5-foot-tall monstrance stood on an altar outside the doors of St. Andrew Apostle School in Silver Spring, Maryland, just outside of Washington. That night, nearly 150 cars filled...
Looking At Opportunities During The Coronavirus Crisis
By Rhina Guidos – This week, I’ve felt like Jimmy Stewart in the movie “Rear Window.” It’s a movie from the 1950s that I’ve watched with my mother probably more than a dozen times, about...
Pope Prays For People In Financial Difficulty Because Of Pandemic
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis offered prayers for everyone, particularly families, facing financial difficulties because of the pandemic. “Let us pray today for people who are beginning to experience economic problems because they...
Three Lessons From The Annunciation
On March 25 we mark the feast of the Annunciation, the moment when the story of the Incarnation begins. PROF EMMANUEL OGUNU explains what lessons we can learn from that event. The feast of the...
Parents’ Role In Sex Education
By Imelda Diouf – The conversation about comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) being taught in schools as part of life orientation, is getting louder and shriller and ever more visual. A banner seen recently in...
Playing It Safe Is Pro-Life
Here’s why: Because while you probably won’t die from coronavirus illness, designated COVID-19, someone else in your orbit – someone older or sicker or weaker than you – very well might. And because the...
Live Streaming Masses
We are collating a list of parishes who are streaming Mass online. We also have international sites who stream Masses. We’ll keep this list updated.
If You Can’t Go To Confession, Take Your Sorrow Directly To God
By Cindy Wooden – People who cannot get to confession because of the coronavirus lockdown or another serious reason can go to God directly, be specific about their sins, request pardon and experience God’s loving...
Vatican: Science-Solidarity Combo Needed To Stop Pandemic
By Cindy Wooden – The effects of the coronavirus can be defeated only with a combination of science and solidarity, said the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life. “An emergency like COVID-19 is fought...
Priest Begins Offering Drive-Through Confessions In Church Parking Lot
By Josephine von Dohlen – When public Masses in the Archdiocese of Washington were suspended in efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Father Scott Holmer, pastor at St. Edward the Confessor Parish in...
