Can I Lose my Salvation Permanently?
By Michael Shackleton Question: Is it possible for one to lose the Catholic faith and sometime later to bring oneself back to it? Answer: The Catechism says...
Category: Faith Life
Pope Francis: The greatest joy for every believer is to respond to Gods call
Pope Francis said Sunday that great joy is found when one offers his life in service to God’s call. “There are different ways of carrying out the...
Fr Oskar Wermter: I Am Not Myself On My Own
The coronavirus pandemic lockdown has isolated us and cut us off from one another. But we are still a community. We are still one, Fr Oskar Wermter SJ explains. Though not yet...
Faith At Home Is Faith For Others
By Laura Kelly Fanucci – Did you know that one of the most famous lines attributed to St Teresa of Kolkata was never spoken by her? “If you...
A Growing Lesson
By Maureen Pratt – As my birthday approached last month, I decided to purchase a few new additions to my indoor garden – a blooming and three...
Why We Must Always Stick with God
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...
Reading God’s Word Daily Adds New Dimension
Heather Withers, Johannesburg – To the highly commendable Ten New Year’s resolutions suggested by Erin Carelse, I would like to add another one, if I may: Make...
How To Deepen Our Faith This Year
There are many ways in which we can deepen our faith, and Fr Runaine Radine suggests some. The new civil year began on the Octave of the...
Why Faith Can Move Mountains
The Gospels repeat stories of the power of faith. FR RALPH DE HAHN reflects on some examples. Without faith, “it is impossible to please God”, St Paul said. “Only faith can...
Young Woman Welder is Moulding Next Generation
Innocentia Vilakazi, a facilitator at the Salesians’ Don Bosco Educational Projects (DBEP) in Ennerdale, Johannesburg, is among a small cohort of women welders in South Africa —...
Inspired by Father Ralph de Hahn!
Ron Maroun, Johannesburg – I was deeply inspired by Fr Ralph de Hahn reflection “Why the Sacred Heart of Jesus Matters” — so much so that I...
Archbishop Wilton Gregory: You Cannot be a Catholic and Sit on the Sidelines
By Josephine von Dohlen – In a crowded bar, bustling with young adult Catholics from the Washington area for the monthly Theology on Tap, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory...
