By James Ramos – When parishioners begin returning to their churches as pandemic restrictions are gradually lifted, the buildings will look the same, but the environment might feel different because of new social-distancing measures. For...
Christian Living / Church / Dealing With Life / Depression &Suicide / Keenan Williams
by Keenan Williams · Published April 20, 2020 · Last modified April 16, 2020
When I truly found myself was the moment that I found God. And when I found him, I found me too. You see, many people in their quest for God look externally to find...
Christian Living / Church / Church Teaching / Depression &Suicide / Priests / Sebothoma
by Mathibela Sebothoma · Published March 3, 2020 · Last modified February 27, 2020
Suicide is a difficult subject to talk about, especially for those who knew the victim. It is even more complicated in the absence of a suicide note. For Catholics it is even more daunting...
Christian Living / Church / Crisis / Depression &Suicide / Jesus
by Admin · Published February 24, 2020 · Last modified March 2, 2020
By Felicity Harrison I have spent most of my adult life trying to keep my depression “under control”. In the last year I have increasingly added anxiety to the mix as well. I’m on...
Bible / Church / Depression &Suicide / Faith Life
by Admin · Published February 18, 2020 · Last modified February 14, 2020
By Fr Oskar Wermter SJ – One of the most exciting stories in the Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament, is the Book of Job. Job is a just man; he has faith and complete...
Crisis / Depression &Suicide / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published September 24, 2019 · Last modified September 19, 2019
As a society we are getting better at talking about all kinds of subjects that were once taboo: gender-based violence, diverse sexual orientations, life-threatening illnesses, bullying at work or at school, and addictions. But...
Catechesis / Christian Living / Depression &Suicide / Holiness and Sanctification / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published May 21, 2019
I admit to being a scrupulous soul and am often plagued by doubts about whether I have given in to temptations or not. A good priest has been very patient and understanding, and has...
Church / Dealing With Life / Depression &Suicide
by Erin Carelse · Published February 11, 2019 · Last modified February 10, 2019
By Judy Stockill – Peace was the theme at Koinonia in Johannesburg when about 70 people, not all of them Dominicans, attended the annual Dominican Day, sharing and reflecting on the subject of coping with...
Christian Living / Church / Crisis / Dealing With Life / Depression &Suicide / Divorce / Erin Carelse
by Erin Carelse · Published January 22, 2019 · Last modified January 21, 2019
A parish in Johannesburg will host another round of Divorce Care and Grief Share programmes, each running for 13 weeks, as of February. These programmes, offered by St John’s parish in North Riding, are...
Church / Death / Depression &Suicide / Ethics & Human Dignity
by Kilian SC · Published October 3, 2018 · Last modified October 2, 2018
A woman religious suffering from metastatic breast cancer in the final stages received medication to ease severe pain and thanked the doctors and nurses. “Now that the pain is tolerable, I can start praying...
Let’s remember all young people who are about to give up in life. Their pain becomes my pain, just as their hopes become my hope.
Books / Church / Crisis / Depression &Suicide / Letter of the Week
by Letters Editor · Published February 26, 2018 · Last modified February 25, 2018
I attended the launch last month of the 3rd edition of Elements Of Counselling, co-authored by Dr Joan Schön, Fr Vic Kotze and Lauren Gower, I find that this edition, like each of its predecessors, is a valuable tool for all who find themselves called to offer care and counsel to young and old in South Africa.
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