Pope on Divine Mercy Sunday: God’s Mercy Brings Joy
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The mercy shown by God to his children can transform hearts and makes Christians become channels of that mercy to those in...
Category: Conversion
Life’s Experiences of Brokenness can be Doorway to Lenten Conversion
By Richard B. Patterson PhD – When I hear the word “conversion,” I immediately tend to think of persons who became Catholic but were not born and...
Conversion in a Wounded Church: Bishops Worldwide Want Renewal
By Cindy Wooden – Since his election in March 2013, Pope Francis has called for a true conversion within the Catholic Church, one in which all the...
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...
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...
