Pope to Missionaries of Mercy: Be the Voice of God to All
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Those who are called to be missionaries of mercy are entrusted with the important task of being the face and the voice...
Category: Mission
Stigmatine Priest Meets SA Soccer Player In Georgia
Most soccer players who have worn the label “Greatest of All Time” (GOAT) have been Catholics, including Pelé, Diego Maradona and Franz Beckenbauer. The greatest players of...
Only the Good News: Fr Pat Naughton
Paying tribute to Salesian missionary Fr Pat Naughton in the 51st year anniversary of his ordination! Read the full article in the January issue of the SOUTHERN...
Vatican pays tribute to 22 church workers murdered in 2021
By CNS – In situations of extreme poverty, war or civil tensions, 22 Catholic church workers were murdered in 2021, according to Fides, the news agency of...
Priest Who Led Catholic Community in Afghanistan Longs to Return
Following the Taliban takeover, there is no longer a Catholic community to speak of in Afghanistan. But Fr Giovanni Scalese’s eyes are set on the future, not...
Missionary priest serving Native Alaskans is winner of Lumen Christi Award
Father Stan Jaszek, a missionary priest from Poland who is serving Native Alaskans in the Diocese of Fairbanks, has been named the recipient of Catholic Extension’s 2021-2022...
Archbishop Buti Tlhagale: Obstacles to Conversion Include Ancestral Cult Beliefs
By SACBC – Speaking to a group of new missionaries at the orientation programme in Benoni, the Archbishop of Johannesburg, Archbishop Buti Tlhagale, said though challenges facing...
Mission Accomplished: The Ascension of the Lord
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB Theme: Mission Being Accomplished (Entrustment of Mission): “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to the whole creation” NB:...
Irish Missionaries in South Africa – Poverty, Chastity and (d)is-Obedience
A new documentary charts the experience of Irish missionaries under apartheid and afterwards. Günther Simmermacher watched the film — and recommends it. Missionaries from many countries...
The Story of a Church-Builder
The Catholic Church in South Africa was built by great missionaries. Daluxolo Moloantoa looks at the amazing life of one of them, Fr Camillus De Hovre OMI on...
Sent to South Africa by ‘The Voice’
Precious Blood Sister Maria Corda Waldhoer recalls her vocation story: I was born in rural Austria on July 25, 1940, at the beginning of World War II....
A Day in The Life of a Religious Sister
What happens in the daily life of a religious Sister. Sr Ann-Marie Nichols of Cape Town tells of her day as a Schoenstatt Sister. Many ask: What do you...
