What is Our Real Mission?
I am a lay person involved in ministry, aware of the role of the laity in the temporal domain. This self-description sometimes clarifies the idea of mission for me and at others totally confuses it
lay ministry
Great start for Men in Christ Show!
Radio Veritas’s newly launched show “Men in Christ — The Essence of the Christian Man” has been on the air for a month, and what a ride it’s been.
Cardinal: Couples Can be Better at Marriage Prep than Priests
Marriage ministry needs to be done by married couples because priests have “no credibility in this area”, says Cardinal Kevin Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life
Substance Abuse Talk For Women’s Group
The newly-formed Holistic Women’s Group at St Mary Magdalene parish in Lentegeur, Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, had its first awareness talk on substance and alcohol abuse.
New Women’s Support Ministry: My Sister’s Keeper
The Durban parish of Christ the King in Wentworth has started a new ministry called My Sister’s Keeper.
Caring for Prisoners to Turn Lives Around
Crime and violence affect everybody worldwide; South Africa being no exception. The desperate plight of a poor, dysfunctional family life...
Laity Communication Written Off in Our Church
Laity input simply doesn’t seem to matter much of the time. This was brought home to me about two years ago when I was in discussion with a senior member of the hierarchy about how the local laity could assist the bishops in playing a bigger role in the future.
Catholic Women’s League: Not just Tea and Cake Ladies
After three years in Pretoria, the national council of the Catholic Women’s League in Southern Africa will be based in Johannesburg after the election of Bernice Cocci as the new president.
Parish Repository Raises R120 000 for Training Priests
The repository of a Johannesburg parish has raised R120000 for a priests’ training fund. Parishioner Pam Goemans of St John’s church in North Riding, Johannesburg, had been looking for something special to do, and when asked if she would like to take over the repository eight years ago, she knew it was God answering her prayer.
