Pope Francis Announces Year Dedicated to the Family
Pope Francis announced Sunday a special year dedicated to the family, marking the fifth anniversary of the publication of his apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia. In his Angelus...
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Now Is The Time To Focus On Families
Now that the worst of the coronavirus crisis seems to be behind us, it’s time to place a focus on families, argues IMELDA DIOUF. Congratulating ourselves...
SA Pastoral Survey Points To Need To Support Family
The Sekwele Centre for Family Studies, based in Bethlehem, Free State, conducted its brief online survey under the theme “Family and Pastoral Plans” to assess participation and...
Pray With the Pope: July 2020
Pope’s Universal Prayer Intention: That today’s families may be accompanied with love, respect and guidance. The great value of family connections As a great-uncle, I watch the...
Back to the Basics Now!
Go back to your households, your homes, your families. Go back to the place of resilience, of strength, of support—or possibly go back to the place of...
Love Is No Victory March
New start, fresh perspectives and yet some things stayed the same. As always, on school days a woman accompanies her children on a 3km uphill journey. I’ve...
Pope: Put the Phone Away and Talk to Each Other
By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis prayed that people all over the world would end 2019 “in peace, peace in their hearts,” and that families would mark...
The Church and Family: Let Me Speak Boldly
Before I started writing this article I was reading the October 16 issue of The Southern Cross. A few things in particular struck me as particularly interesting....
Not Missing a Beat: Record School Attendance!
Zaine Perry has received a special achievement award for not missing a day of school in 14 years, an achievement his mother Michelle Perry, Southern Cross subscriptions...
July is for Grandparents
Working with family themes month by month has been quite useful for me to reflect more deeply on the domestic church, or the little church of the...
The Genes You Wear
By Mahadi and Rob Buthelezi – Who am I and who are you? What is your make-up, your DNA? Or, put differently, what genes do you...
How to Make ‘Sacrifices of Love’
Someone said to me the other day that your Lenten sacrifice should be your secret with God. That sounds fine, to a point. I also know that...
