Church / Divorce / Marriage / Society
by Kilian SC · Published January 8, 2019 · Last modified January 6, 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...
Church / Marriage / Pastoral Care / Pope Francis / Vocations
by Jael SC · Published November 3, 2018 · Last modified November 9, 2018
The Sixth Commandment’s mandate against adultery is a call to fidelity that applies not only to married couples, but to all Christians called to love others through their vocation, Pope Francis said. Married men...
Christian Living / Marriage / Pope Francis
by Caleb SC · Published October 26, 2018 · Last modified October 25, 2018
Every heart longs for unconditional love and fidelity, Pope Francis said. “Christ reveals authentic love,” the pope said during his weekly general audience. “He is the faithful friend who welcomes us even when we...
God wants couples to live out their marriage faithfully and not abandon hope when things go awry, Pope Francis said. “A love with mutual self-giving sustained by Christ’s grace” is what allows couples to...
Church / Fr John Allen Green / Marriage / Scripture / Theology
by Caleb SC · Published October 7, 2018 · Last modified October 5, 2018
By Fr John Allen Green OFM Gospel: Mark 10:2-16 – And Pharisees approached and tested him, asking him whether it is lawful for a man to divorce his wife. But in reply he said to...
Christen Torres / Church / Marriage
by Christen Torres · Published September 18, 2018 · Last modified September 17, 2018
After a friendship lasting a quarter of a century, a Durban couple finally married. Janet and Gerald Breda, both widowed, married at Our Lady Star of the Sea church in Amanzimtoti, 25 years after...
by Erin Carelse · Published August 18, 2018 · Last modified August 17, 2018
Ron and Olga Williams were married 50 years ago on August 18. Olga and Aloysious (Ron) Williams celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this month. They were married on August 18, 1968, by the late...
Mater Dei Pastoral Centre in Mokopane, in Polokwane diocese, offers a marriage preparation course with a difference, including talks by medical doctors, civil lawyers and priests specialising in canon law.
Armando and Maria José dos Santos celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at Mass at Our Lady of Fatima parish in Brentwood Park, Benoni. Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Johannesburg is pictured with the couple as they...
Winston and Muriel Maritz of Cape Town are preparing to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. They married on June 22, 1968, at St Mary’s church in Retreat, with the ceremony officiated by Fr Feeny...
On Divine Mercy Sunday, the parish of St Francis Xavier on the Bluff in Durban invited those parishioners married for 50 years or longer to renew their commitment, together with parish priest Fr Michael...
