Sr Irenaea Christ OP Rest In Peace
By Sr Catherine Hilkert OP – Dominican Sister Irenaea Christ died on May 29, during afternoon community Eucharist, at the age of 85. Rosa Maria Christ was born on May 18, 1935, in Eisenharz...
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Pope Francis: No True Love Without The Cross
By Junno Arocho Esteves – True love is not defined by preserving one’s personal interests but by willingness to sacrifice oneself for the good of others, Pope Francis said. In order to follow Christ’s call...
US Priests: Catholic Spirituality A Force In Fight Against Racism
By Gina Christian – Two Black Catholic priests in Philadelphia say their parishes are drawing strength from the Eucharist, prayer and a rich spiritual heritage in the fight against racism. “St. Katharine Drexel used to...
Tribute to Two Great SA Women of Faith
In the space of a few days, two great women of faith passed away. Sydney Duval, who knew both of them, pays tribute. This month, the Church in South Africa lost two remarkable and...
Firming Up Our Prayer Life
Our need and duty to pray to God, and our endeavours to do his will faithfully, have had many expressions in the history of the Church. Indeed, it began when the earliest Christians met...
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 be to return to its initial aim:...
Vatican: Catechesis Is About A Relationship, Not Just Information
By Cindy Wooden – Teaching the faith is a work of evangelisation meant to lead people to a deeper relationship with Jesus and not just impart information, said the updated “Directory for Catechesis.” The directory,...
Sacred Heart “Corona Scatter” Prayer Booklet – Free Download
Two educators produced a Covid-19 prayer booklet which is it is making freely available. Mark Potterton and Pam Paton-Mills of Sacred Heart School in Observatory, Johannesburg have collated prayers from various religious traditions and...
Judging the Signs of the Times
In the Gospel of Matthew, there is a scene where the Pharisees and Sadducees, in their desire to test Jesus, ask him to show them a sign. In reply to them, Jesus says that...
Joy As New Bloem Archbishop Installed
Archbishop Zolile Peter Mpambani has described his installation as the seventh archbishop of Bloemfontein as a solemn and intimate occasion. The installation of the 63-year-old archbishop took place on June 19, the feast of...
Drive-In Mass at St Charles, Victory Park
Fr Tony Daniels OMI is seen with those who assisted in distribution of Communion at the “drive-through” Mass on the grounds of St Charles parish in Victory Park, Johannesburg, on Corpus Christi Sunday. More...
13th Sunday Reflection
Whoever cherishes father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever cherishes son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not take up his...
