Father Francis Sibusiso Zulu Rest in Peace
By Fr Sifiso Ntshangase – Fr Francis Sibusiso Zulu of Eshowe diocese died in a motor accident in Mokopane in Limpopo on December 3, along with his colleague Fr Owen Wilcock. Fr Zulu was...
Category: Death
Fr Owen Wilcock Rest in Peace
Father Owen Mark Wilcock of Port Elizabeth diocese died in a motor accident in Mokopane in Limpopo on December 3, the 24th anniversary of his ordination. Fellow priest Fr Sibusiso Zulu of Eshowe diocese...
Salesian Father Eugene Hennessy Rest in Peace
By Fr Jeffrey Johnson SDB – Salesian Father Eugene Hennessy died on September 12 at the Bosco Centre in Walkerville outside Johannesburg. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, on February 19, 1933, to Michael...
Br Martin Thompson OFM Rest in Peace
By Paddy Noonan OFM – Franciscan Brother Martin Thompson died on September 29 in Ireland. He was born as George Thompson in Dublin on November 4, 1934, and after his education at Belvedere College,...
Augustinian Sister Mary Carmel Collins Rest in Peace
By Shirley Juan – Sister Mary Carmel Collins of Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal, died on September 18 at the age of 88. Born Mary Philomena Collins on August 9, 1931, in Castlehaven in County Cork, Ireland,...
Murder Of Jesuits Was Marked With Horror, But Inspired Defence Of The Poor
By Rhina Guidos – No one can deny that the act was horrific. Six priests found face down on a lawn with bullet holes through various parts of their bodies. One was in his bathrobe....
Peter Throp Rest In Peace
Catholic pro-life activist Peter Throp of Cape Town died at 73 on October 19, having lived to see his dream: the closure of Cape Town’s biggest abortion clinic, Marie Stopes in Bree Street. Mr...
Sr Regina Giwu OP Rest in Peace
Dominican Sister Regina Giwu of King William’s Town died on September 19 at 90. Born on August 14, 1929, and named Elizabeth, she was the second-last of the eight children of Pearce and Wilhelmina...
Pope: The Question of Death is also a Question of Life
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Death is not a topic that should be avoided but a reminder that cures men and women from any illusion of being all-powerful, Pope Francis said. While today’s worldly...
How Do We Deal With Death and Loss?
Do you and I feel at peace with those we have loved and who have died? What about us who are left behind after a death or a separation or divorce?
The Funeral Liturgy: Let Eulogies Be Heard
By Chris McDonnell – Liturgy is a cultured conversation, a public celebration, a relationship with each other and ourselves with God. We get used to the words and the pattern in which they are...
Father Pieter van Heeswijk Rest in Peace
Father Pieter van Heeswijk of Durban died on September 8 at 91. Petrus (Pieter) Johannes Josephus van Heeswijk was born on September 3, 1928, in the Netherlands. After his philosophical and theological studies, he...
