Father Clemens Josef Hilchenbach Rest in Peace
Schoenstatt Father Clemens Josef Hilchenbach died on August 20 at the age of 89. Clemens Hilchenbach was born in Welterod, western Germany, on July 12, 1930, and wanted to become a priest from an...
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Comboni Father Konrad Nefzger Rest in Peace
By Fr Jude Burgers – Comboni Father Konrad Nefzger of Witbank died on August 6 in Germany at the age of 80. He was born on the April 1, 1939 in the small village...
Catholic Officials: Washington’s Green Burial Laws Might Not Respect Bodies
By Agnieszka Ruck – When archdiocesan Catholic Cemeteries director Peter Nobes first heard composting might emerge as an eco-friendly burial alternative, he thought it was a crazy idea. “I thought that would never be approved,”...
Deacon Paddy Maddison Rest in Peace
Deacon Paddy Maddison of St Charles’ parish in Victory Park, Johannesburg, died on June 4. He was born in Chester, England, to Pat and Jim who lived in north Wales. The family moved to...
God is Calling us to Break Violence’s Stranglehold on our World
The recent tragic mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, killing at least 29 people, point to an ongoing epidemic of mass shootings in the United States. As of Aug. 5,...
Fr Jonathan Shand SCP Rest in Peace
By Br Daniel Ambrose Manuels SCP – Retired priest Fr Jonathan Shand SCP died on April 2 at Lady Selbourne Home. He was born to William and Marie Rachel Victoire Shand, the second of...
Joan Williamson Rest in Peace
Former Southern Cross board member Joan Williamson died on March 27 at 98. Born in 1920 in Pietermaritzburg, she was a boarder at Holy Cross Convent School in Aliwal North. After matriculating she studied...
Sister Jerome Stützel OP Rest in Peace
Oakford Dominican Sister Jerome Stützel, who was encouraged in her vocation by Padre Pio, died on March 25 at the age of 81. Born on December 3, 1937, in Würzburg, Germany, the only daughter...
A Saint for Our Times
Jean Vanier, Canadian writer, philosopher and humanitarian who died May 7, was a champion for people with intellectual disabilities and touched countless lives through his constant message of love. “The message of the Gospel,”...
Sr Carol-Anne Vornhusen OP Rest in Peace
Sr Helen-Veronica Wagner OP – Oakford Sister Carol-Anne Vornhusen died on March 27 at the age of 91. Born on February 1, 1928, in Vechta, diocese of Münster, Germany, she trained in home economics...
Sr Charitas Bartilla OP Rest in Peace
By Sr Helen-Veronica Wagner OP – Oakford Dominican Sister Charitas Bartilla died on March 27 at 97. Born Gabriela Bartilla on February 2, 1922, near Breslau (then in Germany, now Wroclaw in Poland), she...
Sr Dorothe Funken CPS, Rest in Peace
Precious Blood Sister Marie Dorothe Funken, former principal of St Francis College in Mariannhill, died in Durban on April 2 at the age of 78. Born on January 21, 1941, as Maria Angelika Funken...
