When Fr Patrick Rakeketsi CSS called a Pretoria North couple to come forward at Mass, they were surprised to receive a special blessing from Pope Francis. Bridgette and Kabelo Senne received the papal blessing...
Church / Letter of the Week / Marriage
by Letters Editor · Published September 19, 2019 · Last modified September 18, 2019
Tony Meehan, Cape Town – Your report “Church reaction to amended polygamy law” details the recognition of the Customary Marriages Act and agrees with the sentiments of providing the equal treatment of women in...
Christian Living / Church / Marriage / Rob & Mahadi Buthelezi
by Rob & Mahadi Buthelezi · Published August 20, 2019 · Last modified August 19, 2019
On July 27 we celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary with family and friends at The Bridge wedding venue in Johannesburg. It was a great day to recall where we started, and also to renew our...
Fr Peter Lafferty CSSp presided at the wedding of Michelle Daniels and Kerman Pillay in Holy Trinity church in Musgrave, Durban. (Submitted by Rea Mina) More Stories: Getting Ready to Take on Marriage Pope:...
A couple is getting married. Will they look for the other to make them happy, or will they seek to always serve one another? Rob & Mahadi Buthelezi examine the reasons couples want to...
Patrick and Diana Budd of Pinetown, Durban, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a thanksgiving service and renewal of vows. Their golden anniversary service was conducted by Fr Brian Southward, retired parish priest at...
Warren and Gloria Firth are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in their home in Christchurch, New Zealand, where they had to move due to apartheid laws. They met in 1978 in London. He was...
Victor and Maureen (née Campbell) Blair have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. They were married on May 8, 1954, in Emmanuel cathedral in Durban. More Stories: Cardinal: Couples Can be Better at Marriage Prep...
by Rob & Mahadi Buthelezi · Published April 25, 2019 · Last modified April 24, 2019
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 wear? In our family ministry, we put...
Church / Marriage / Parish Life
by hazelelponiSC · Published February 26, 2019 · Last modified February 25, 2019
Robin and Jennifer Vezasie of St Anne’s parish in Sydenham in Durban celebrated their golden jubilee of marriage—50 years to the day they were married at Emmanuel cathedral in 1968 by Fr Joseph Theobald...
Church / Divorce / Marriage / Society
by Kilian SC · Published January 8, 2019 · Last modified January 23, 2019
Marriage is not easy, and sometimes it simply fails. Tshiamo Stephen Takongwa, a marriage counsellor, argues that Church and society should be compassionate towards divorcees, helping them to heal. Summer! It’s that time of...
St Peter Claver parish in Pimville, Soweto, presented couples who had completed their marriage preparation course with certificates. Parish priest Fr Tom Segami OMI and Fr Mahlomola Skoto OMI blessed all the couples. Thato...
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