Church / Eucharist / Parish Life / Sacraments
by Caleb SC · Published January 16, 2019 · Last modified January 11, 2019
Youngsters at Emmanuel church in Sebokeng, Johannesburg archdiocese, celebrated their First Communion with parish priest Fr Simphiwe Kheswa OFM. (Submitted by Fr Sekabata Solomon Mphela OFM) More Stories: 46 Kids Receive Their First Communion! First Communions at St...
Church / Eucharist / Parish Life / Sacraments
by Kilian SC · Published January 5, 2019 · Last modified January 2, 2019
St Charles Lwanga church in Paarl, Cape Town archdiocese, celebrated the First Communion of youngsters in the parish. The group is seen with assistant Paarl parish priest Fr Shaun Addinall and catechist Lulama Tshaya. (Submitted by J Pheiffer)...
Two groups of children celebrated their First Communion at Christ the King parish in Queenswood, Pretoria. With the first group of 21 at left are (from left) teacher Wendy Jacobs, Deacon Tony Tweehuizen, parish priest Fr...
Christian Living / Church / Eucharist / Parish Life
by Kilian SC · Published November 23, 2018 · Last modified November 19, 2018
Young girls and boys at St Matthew’s parish in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town, celebrated their First Communion. With them are (from left) Patricia Cloete, Fr Peter Ziegler and Meagan Abrahams. (Photo: Lan-Mar Photography) More Stories: A Carnival for the Devil:...
Even in societies increasingly marked by divisions and prejudice, Catholics gather every Sunday “in the Lord’s name and acknowledge that they are brothers and sisters,” Pope Francis said.
Church / Eucharist / Fr John Allen Green
by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published November 18, 2018 · Last modified November 16, 2018
There is a mystic moment that waits for each one of us; finds us; encounters and enfolds us. It is a moment in the cracks between the “now” and “then” that I impose on the memories of my awareness.
Church / Eucharist / Sacraments
by Caleb SC · Published November 12, 2018 · Last modified November 9, 2018
Corpus Christi parish in Wynberg, Cape Town, celebrated the First Communion of 2018 candidates. They are seen with (back from left) Deacon Lionel Cooper; Fr Camilo Simoes SAC, the Pallottine provincial visiting from India;...
Church / Eucharist / Sacraments
by hazelelponiSC · Published August 27, 2018 · Last modified August 25, 2018
First communicants at St Mary’s cathedral in Cape Town hold up their cupcakes at the tea after the ceremony. The Communion Mass was celebrated by Fr Celestine Okekeofojebe with Deacon Stephen Armstrong. (Submitted by...
Church / Eucharist / Sacraments
by Jael SC · Published August 20, 2018 · Last modified November 13, 2018
With the Church in Germany having launched the debate about Communion for non-Catholics, BISHOP VICTOR PHALANA notes that the Southern African Church dealt with the question many years ago, and explains what the rules...
While some German bishops have decided that non-Catholic spouses of Catholics may receive Communion in individual cases according to pastoral needs, inter-Communion in Southern Africa is governed by the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference’s “Directory on Ecumenism”, which was approved by the Holy See and released in 2003.
Church / Church Teaching / Eucharist / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published August 7, 2018 · Last modified August 13, 2018
Some Catholics do not know that there is such a thing as a Eucharistic fast, or know but ignore it. Is the fast still required? If not, why have we not been informed officially? Joe...
Church / Ecumenical dialogue / Eucharist
by Jael SC · Published July 3, 2018 · Last modified July 2, 2018
The German bishops are not the only bishops in the world to propose or adopt pastoral guidelines for allowing an Anglican or a Protestant married to a Catholic to receive the Eucharist under certain...
