90 days Regimen of Prayer, Asceticism Gets Men’s Attention
By Jodi Marlin – Three months of cold showers and no alcohol, soda, dessert or televised sports: It sounds less like Lent and more like a military...
Category: Conversion
Lesson from the Virus and Fatima: Be Prepared
Stephen Clark, Manila, Philippines – Recently a couple of acquaintances, a Brother and Sister, were found to be Covid-19 positive, although fortunately asymptomatic thus far. Faced with...
Ranganayagee Moodliar, 84, Converts and Comes Home!
At the age of 84, Ranganayagee Moodliar converted from Hinduism to the Catholic faith. Seen here with her daughter and sponsor Pragashnie, Mrs Moodliar was baptised and...
4 RCIA Candidates for St Kevin’s Parish, Port Elizabeth!
Four RCIA candidates, with parish priest Fr Callistus Nwosu SDV, who made their commitment to the Church at St Kevin’s parish in Windvogel, Port Elizabeth. They are...
This is My Story of Real Conversion
In last month’s column, I wrote that conversion is more than a single moment. Conversion often comprises many small events and encounters throughout our lives that lead us...
Conversion Can Change the World!
The film Amazing Grace (2006) recounts the efforts by William Wilberforce to convince late-18th century England to abolish the international slave trade. But it wasn’t Wilberforce’s plight...
Brave Plumber Inspires My Penitential Walk
Stephen A Clark, Manila, Philippines – Repentance seems an odd word in this day and age; as is anything which is uncomfortable or can’t be done from...
Not Ruling on Apparitions, Pope Allows Pilgrimages to Medjugorje
By Cindy Wooden – Parishes and dioceses are now allowed to organise official pilgrimages to Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, but it must be clear that the Catholic Church has not...
The Radical Call of Lent
Imagine you’re sitting in front of your doctor, and he says that your health definitely needs to improve. He then looks you square in the eyes and...
Remember Jesus! Christian Memory is the Salt of Life
The memory of the saving power of Christ is what gives life flavour and is a source of strength for Christians, Pope Francis said.
How Christ Frees Slaves
This Holy Week we will hear a lot about redemption and how Christ’s death on the cross redeemed mankind. In our modern usage, to redeem something means “to buy it back”; and in Holy Week we can use that idea.
Pause. See. Return. Be transformed
Often we want to return to God. We want to return to the heart of love. We want to return to forgiveness and redemption. We want to return to a life of hope. Yet, something holds us back. Fear…
