This Week’s Issue: 27 December – 2 January, 2018
SA church stands with women This was Pope Francis’ 2017 Serving the forgotten at sea How ending hunger is simple
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Mayfair Convent Class of ’67 Reunites
The class of 1967 of Mayfair Convent School in Johannesburg held a reunion, with many flying in from different parts of South Africa
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Church Religious Life
Dominican Brothers Renew Simple Profession
By Ernest Mwape OP – Four Dominican brothers renewed their simple profession during the first vesper of Advent before God and
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In Search of South Africa’s First Chapels
The earliest Catholic structure of any kind on South African territory was built by the Portuguese before 1506, but it wasn’t until 1823 that the first purpose-built Catholic chapel for public worship was constructed. MARTIN KEENAN explains.
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Thieves Steal Consecrated Hosts at Schoenstatt Shrine
The Schoenstatt Sisters in Bedfordview, Johannesburg, are still recovering after becoming the latest religious building in the area to fall victim to crime — which included the theft of consecrated hosts.
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Church Parish Life
Parishioner Wins ‘The Man Jesus’ Competition!
Parishioners from the church of the Resurrection in Dawn Park near Boksburg won complimentary tickets from Radio Veritas and the
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This Week’s Issue: 20 December – 26 December, 2017
Full round-up of Mini World Youth Day How African traditions can help build peace Miracles at India’s shrine to Our
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Journey from Gangs to God
In prison, he was a gang general until a visiting priest offered him a biscuit. Today Jerome Opperman is devoted to the Catholic faith and his young family — who’ll be without their dad this Christmas.
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Church Gospel Your Letters
What is the Reason for the Church’s Existence?
Many of us Catholics consider the word “evangelise” as somewhat “Protestant”. However, the very reason for the Church’s existence is to evangelise–viz to bring others into a vital relationship with Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of mankind, empowered by his Spirit.
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