22 Salesian Cooperators renew their promise in Lesotho
By Fr Vaclav Klement – 22 Salesian Cooperators renewed their promise and attended animation meetings in Maseru, Ha Seleso and St Luke in Maputsoe, during the annual...
Ministry
Salesian Youth Projects empower at-risk youth with digital skills
In the face of South Africa’s persistent youth unemployment crisis, the Salesian Institute Youth Projects (SIYP), a well-established NGO and Education Centre, has emerged as a beacon...
Fr Colin Bowes: Exorcist Priest’s 50 Years
By Gail Walters – When Father Colin Bowes, a renowned exorcist of De Aar diocese, celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood earlier this...
Bible Graduates Alumni Reunion at Mater Dei Pastoral Centre, Mokopane
By Mashadi Mathosa – Mater Dei Pastoral Centre in Mokopane is known for its innovation and creativity in organising courses and programmes in the diocese of Polokwane....
ACTS: A Catholic Home for Catholic Students
For Catholic students at tertiary institutions, there is an association that offers fellowship, activities and help, while also building the faith. South Africa’s university campuses will be...
Birds of a Feather: United Under a Charism
Fr S’milo Mngadi continues his overview of SA’s sodalities. An old adage suggests that “birds of a feather flock together”. This is also an anthropological truth. People...
What’s the Role of Sodalities in the Church?
Many lay people live their faith in sodalities. What are sodalities and how do they fit into the Church? In the first of a series of articles,...
The Sodalities of Charity
Fr S’milo Mngadi continues his overview of SA’s sodalities. The Church’s ministry is like a vehicle with four wheels. They are liturgy/worship, preaching/kerygma, teaching/catechesis and service/witness. The...
This Pandemic Calls Us To Acts Of Kindness
Recalling acts of kindness he has experienced in precarious situations. FR DICK O’RIORDAN suggests that the suffering created by the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown call all of...
Caring for Seafarers in Corona Times
The Covid-19 restrictions have also limited the work of the Apostleship of the Sea, which provides pastoral care to seafarers. But its port chaplains remain committed to...
