Faith When We Are Running on Empty
Two blocks from my house there is a small church. It has no signboard to indicate its denomination. On a Sunday, the parking lot is rarely full and the tiny congregation is elderly and...
Category: Faith Life
Pope: Christian Faith is Concrete, not Fantasy
The saints were Christians who were “crazy for concreteness,” knowing that faith is not an idea, but a relationship with Jesus, which leads to actions that demonstrate love, Pope Francis said. Celebrating morning Mass...
How I Found My Voice
At school, Keenan Williams suffered bullying and exclusion. Here he tells how he recovered from the scars of that. Often the very people who are there to save us, cross their arms and watch...
Australian Missionaries to come to SA in 2019
Missionaries aged 17-30 years from NET Australia will minister in Cape Town with the specific aim of supporting the archdiocese’s youth ministries—and perhaps establish a South African chapter of NET.
Course Offered to Help Live Out Prayer Life
The Prayer and Life Workshops programme—labelled as “a more vibrant and active presentation of Jesus, with greater adaptation to the necessities of today’s societies and what people really need”—will be offered to parishes in Cape Town next year.
New Guide on Praying the Scriptures
Bernadette Chellew’s Praying the Scriptures: 8 Chapters of Lectio Divina Reflections makes use of Judeo-Christian Scriptures, as well as the ancient Lectio Divina practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer, with the author promising to explore the “eight aspects of prayer” with readers.
God and Slim Margins
A few random seconds made the difference between my writing these lines and never writing anything again.
This Violence is Not Who We Are!
While I was reading an article by Ricardo da Silva SJ on Jesuit Institute Connect, titled “A Pain That We Must Hold”, my mind took me to the recent survey concerning the escalating level of violence in our country.
Our Faith is not Based on Mystery
Peter Hoar, Waterfall, KZN – I feel I need to reply to Lynn Peterson’s letter regarding my letter about devotion to Mary. In her letter she says our faith is based on mystery and...
What’s a ‘Good Catholic’?
Recently I was told, as many parish priests are, that the person who disagreed with a decision I made was a “very good Catholic”, and that my decision challenged their ability to be Catholic.
Pope: Faith is a Love Story, Not a Set of Rules
Doing God’s will means first of all believing in Jesus and allowing love for him to translate into love for one’s neighbours, Pope Francis said. The gospel story of the multiplication of loaves demonstrates...
Faith Can’t Be Taught, it Must Be Caught
Stephen Clark, Manila, Philippines – My wife and I were travelling recently in the north of the Philippines. It’s still a mission territory but even though there is not always a priest around, the...
