Homilies must be relevant to those who hear them, and there are ways to achieve that, as KELVIN BANDA OP explains. Religious orders or congregations tend not to train their members on how to give a good homily. It is the people whom we serve who aid us in preparing and giving our best homilies.
Good Preaching Needs Listening and Learning Read Post »
Ordaining 16 men to the priesthood, Pope Francis urged them to be merciful with the people who approach them, especially in the confessional.
Ordaining New Priests, Pope Asks them to be Merciful Read Post »
Harold and Noreen Maslamoney are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. They married on April 27, 1968, at St Agnes’ church
50 Years for Harold & Noreen Maslamoney! Read Post »
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This Week’s Issue: 25 April – 1 May, 2018 Read Post »
Cones raised in the air, the crowd gathered for dinner at the Sant’Egidio Community’s soup kitchen toasted Pope Francis on his name day, the feast of St. George.
Ok, What’s a Name Day? The Pope’s Just Celebrated His… Read Post »
The bishops of England and Wales have raised concerns over the rise of gender ideology, saying it is creating confusion among people about the truth of human nature.
English, Welsh Bishops Raise Concerns over Rise of Gender Ideology Read Post »
Pope Francis has asked Cardinal Wilfrid Napier to continue serving indefinitely as archbishop of Durban, two years after the cardinal submitted his resignation on reaching the age of 75, as required by canon law.
Pope asks Cardinal Napier to Stay on in Durban Read Post »
Sister Gerard Connellan of the Newton Park, Port Elizabeth, convent has celebrated 75 years in religious life as a Little
Sister Gerard Connellan: 75 Years of Religious Life! Read Post »
In only three years Francis Pfanner had become world-famous. In 1885 Mariannhill was given the status of an abbey, and Pfanner was consecrated its first mitred abbot. The abbot was passionate about spreading the benefits of education and Christianity further afield. Soon a network of mission churches sprang up through southern Natal, each on farmland that was sufficient to feed its congregants.
How the first SA-Founded Religious Order Came to Be Read Post »
