When a group of young Catholics noticed that many children don’t have shoes to wear to school, they decided to act. The Young Roman Catholic Men’s Union in Port Elizabeth started a project in 2015 to provide poor children with free school shoes…
Young couples need help when they begin their life together. Family life ministry activist Mahadi Buthelezi tells ERIN CARELSE about a seminar she and her husband Rob have introduced to give such couples the skills for happiness together forever.
A group of young adults in the greater Durban area have taken Catholic theology to the bars, quite literally. Starting in 2016, Theology on Tap has hosted 15 talks on theological topics that are important, and of interest, to young Catholic adults today.
The Knights of da Gama Order is a South African brotherhood of Catholic men who are proactively engaged in spiritual, social and charitable works. There are about 1500 knights across the country.
Willie Lamont, vice-chancellor of the Oudtshoorn diocese, is presented with the papal Bene Merenti medal by Fr Wim Sabo in St Nicholas church. Mr Lamont, who has worked in the chancery since 1977, was only the fourth-ever recipient of the papal medal in Oudtshoorn diocese
Tina Steer (left) has been selling The Southern Cross for over 20 years at Our Lady Help of Christians chapel
Volunteers donated time this festive season by helping out in the kitchen at the Nkosinathi project for the homeless run by Durban’s Denis Hurley Centre (DHC)— and there is still time to be part of the volunteer group.
At every parish where The Southern Cross is available, there are lay people who give up their time to sell The Southern Cross at Mass on the weekend. Huge thanks to these dedicated people and God’s richest blessings…
The St Boniface Rosary group of Knysna has marked its 30th anniversary with a Mass celebrated by Fr Christian Odionye SAC
