We NEED to Hold Hands at Mass
AJF Vanden Boer, Bethlehem – Michael Shackleton’s “Open Door” article on holding hands during the recitation or singing of the...
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The Attraction of the Eucharist
The Eucharist: the source and summit of the whole Christian life (Lumen gentium). The Eucharist: the memorial of Christ’s death...
How We Dress for Mass
In the 1920s a lively debate in The Southern Cross focused on the immodest dress of women who displayed their...
Homilies need Listeners Too!
From Margaret Mollett, Piketberg, Western Cape – Michael Shackleton’s point in Do poor homilies lose parishioners? (April 16), that Catholics...
Roman Missal calls Easter Vigil ‘Mother of all Vigils’ for a Reason
The Catholic Church pulls out all the stops for the Easter Vigil, the Mass celebrated on Holy Saturday. The Roman...
I Can’t Hear at Mass!
I have been a Catholic all my life and I finally have to have my say about many missed sermons...
Every Mass is Good – No Matter the Priest
Fr Sean Collins CSsR, Cape Town – I was enchanted to read Fr Ron Rolheiser’s article on the Mass (November...
Our Missal is Hard on the Ear!
Sarah-Leah Pimental -I refer to Fr. Chris Townsend’s column of 6 June “Let’s Look at the New Missal Translation –...
Mass is Best-Kept Secret of Church
Moira Gillmore, Durban – Why is it that the Catholic Church keeps so silent about the greatness of Holy Mass?...
