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...
Church / Conversion / Lent / Prayer / Sin in our Lives
by CNS · Published March 5, 2021 · Last modified March 4, 2021
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...
Church / Conversion / Crisis / Letter of the Week
by Letters Editor · Published September 22, 2020 · Last modified September 16, 2020
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...
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...
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...
Church / Conversion / Sarah-Leah Pimentel
by Sarah-Leah Pimentel · Published August 6, 2019 · Last modified August 10, 2019
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...
Christian Living / Conversion / Sarah-Leah Pimentel
by Sarah-Leah Pimentel · Published July 10, 2019 · Last modified July 8, 2019
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...
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...
Church / Conversion / Pilgrimage / Pope Francis
by CNS · Published May 15, 2019 · Last modified May 14, 2019
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...
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...
The memory of the saving power of Christ is what gives life flavour and is a source of strength for Christians, Pope Francis said.
Conversion / Easter / Fr Ralph de Hahn / Good Friday / Jesus
by Kilian SC · Published March 30, 2018 · Last modified March 26, 2018
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.
Church / Conversion / God / Lent / Sarah-Leah Pimentel
by Sarah-Leah Pimentel · Published March 22, 2018 · Last modified March 20, 2018
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…
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