Please Welcome Our Newest Catholics!
New Catholics joined the Church over Easter from all over South Africa – we welcome you and our warmest wishes […]
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Stigmatines Prepare for Silver Jubilee in Botswana
The Stigmatines will be celebrating 25 years of their presence in Botswana, and at the parish of St Bernadette in Gaborone West, this September.
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Charity Christian Living Christian Mission Church
Volunteer Programme has it all: Rural Projects plus Kruger Safaris
Young volunteers have a unique opportunity to combine helping a Catholic mission with experiencing the wildlife of the Kruger Park. Catholic Volunteers Africa offers an ongoing 14-day volunteer/safari programme in association with Kruger Park tour operator Viva Safaris.
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Church Church Teaching Heaven Shackleton
Why Did the Fallen Angels Rebel?
We are taught that heaven is a place where worthy souls remain in eternity in indescribable contentment in the presence of Almighty God, where no evil exists. If so, why was there a group of angels, led by the devil, who chose to rebel against God?
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Church Ecumenical dialogue Eucharist
I Still Don’t Understand! Communion for Non-Catholics?
With regard to the ongoing debate on Communion for non-Catholics, the Catechism of the Catholic Church in the section on the Seven Sacraments of the Church says: “Only validly ordained priests can preside at the Eucharist and consecrate the bread and the wine so that they become the Body and Blood of the Lord” (1411).
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Bishops Church Mass Youth
Give Youth a Liturgical Role
At a workshop for Witbank diocese youth ministry leaders, Bishop Joe Sandri stressed the importance of recognising the youth, and possibly having them lead Mass once a month.
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Church-Government TB Partnership!
With tuberculosis still the leading cause of death in South Africa — according to the World Health Organisation around 124000 South Africans died from TB in 2016 alone — the Catholic Church has partnered with the health department to provide screening services in three municipal areas.
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Charity Church School News
Holy Cross Aliwal North Are Little Stars!
Holy Cross Primary School in Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, contributed R3000 to the 2018 Lenten Appeal. Mgr Joe Kizito, vicar-general of Aliwal North diocese, accepted the
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Church Pope Francis
Pope Asks for Forgiveness
Forgiveness is a message Pope Francis has preached to us quite often. In mid-April, Pope Francis found himself asking for forgiveness from Chilean survivors of clergy of sexual abuse.
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