The Catholic Men’s Forum held its fifth anniversary celebration on Africa Day at the cathedral of Christ the King in Johannesburg. The theme for the 2019 conference was “Men’s response to mitigate violence against...
Members of the Neocatechumenal Way (NCW) movement gathered for a national meeting in Port Elizabeth. Participants included the team responsible for Southern Africa and all the missionary families and priests who carry on the...
This year the Gauteng regional Knights of Da Gama celebrated their 56th convention as well as the 71st year of the Knights of Da Gama. The event took place at Our Lady of Lebanon church...
Bishops / Christian Leadership / Christian Living / lay ministry
by Erin Carelse · Published May 29, 2019 · Last modified May 27, 2019
The Two Bishops Men’s Conference was held at Holy Family College in Glenmore, Durban. Cardinal Wilfrid Napier sent the following message: “What a pleasure and privilege to be given a key part to play...
The Manenberg preparation team for the international Taizé Meeting in Cape Town in September had its first meeting. The team comprises all generations, is interdenominational and, with Sr Akiko from Japan, even intercontinental. For...
Christian Living / Church / lay ministry / Parish Life / Sodality
by Kilian SC · Published January 15, 2019 · Last modified January 11, 2019
A group of nine young men aged 12-17 from St Raphael’s church in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, after completing their two years of training, were received by parish priest Fr Matthew Ledo AJ as the...
Christen Torres / Faith Life / lay ministry
by Christen Torres · Published December 20, 2018 · Last modified December 16, 2018
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.
All Catholics are called to be missionaries, but for lay people to evangelise well, they must be spiritually equipped, suggests Fr Ralph De Hahn. All baptised Christians share the consecrated life in Christ and...
Christen Torres / Christian Mission / lay ministry
by Christen Torres · Published October 9, 2018 · Last modified October 8, 2018
More than 250 members of the Legion of Mary, as well as delegates from the Eastern Cape and Cape Town, attended the legion’s founding celebration at Our Mother of Perpetual Help parish in Malabar, Port Elizabeth. The event celebrated 85 years of the Legion of Mary in South Africa.
Christian Living / Christian Mission / Church / Fr Ralph de Hahn / lay ministry
by Kilian SC · Published July 17, 2018
Have our people already forgotten the significance of their baptism by water, blood, fire and the anointing of the Holy Spirit (Mt 3:11; Acts 1:5)? It would appear so.
With tuberculosis still the leading cause of death in South Africa — according to the World Health Organisation around 124000 South Africans died from TB in 2016 alone — the Catholic Church has partnered with the health department to provide screening services in three municipal areas.
Christian Living / lay ministry
by Erin Carelse · Published May 2, 2018 · Last modified April 29, 2018
Two young people had a desire to make a difference in their community and Church, and have been able to do so by joining the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP). Ofentse Mahasha, who is 19, and Lindokuhle Mwelase, 22, both of St Philip Neri parish in Moletsane, Soweto, said that through the SVP, their eyes have been opened to the needs of many families.
