Christian Brother Michael Chalmers Rest in Peace
By Br Michael Burke CFC – Christian Brother Michael Martin Chalmers, best known for his work with the Catholic Bible Foundation, died on May 18 at the...
Obituaries
Newsman, cartoonist Conrad Burke signs off
Conrad Burke: 1946-2024 Obituary by Günther Simmermacher To South African television viewers in the 1990s, Conrad Burke was best known as a news reporter, instantly recognisable by...
Former Constitutional Court judge Yvonne Mokgoro, Rest in Peace
The late former Constitutional Court judge Yvonne Mokgoro, who died on May 9 at the age of 73, will be buried on Thursday, May 23, from Bryanston...
Fr Richard Menatsi, Rest in Peace
Fr Richard Menatsi died on March 19 at the age of 67, and was buried on Aoril 3. At his Requiem Mass, Fr Johan Strydom delivered the...
Obituary: Joseph Falkiner OP (1934-2024)
Fr Mark James OP remembers his Dominican brother, Fr Joe Falkiner, who lived in deep solidarity with South African workers during the height of the apartheid regime’s...
Catholic school matriculant didn’t live to see his success
While matriculants throughout South Africa celebrated their achievements this weekend, a student from a Catholic school in Johannesburg never got to know of his great accomplishment of...
Frances Connell, May 1934 – December 2023 RIP
Obituary by Paul Goller – Catholic activist Frances Marie Connell died just before Christmas at the age 89, bringing to an end a life filled with family, professional...
Our Lady of Fatima statues donor dies at 83
The donor of over a thousand statues of Our Lady of Fatima to South African churches and around the world, has died. José Camara, a businessman who...
Comboni Brother Erich Stöferle Rest in Peace
Comboni Brother Erich Stöferle died after a long illness at Silverton, Pretoria, on November 30. He was 76. Born in Ringingen, southern Germany, on August 3, 1947,...
Salesian Father Sean Murphy, Rest in Peace
Salesian Father Sean Murphy, who served much of his 50 years of priesthood in Southern Africa, has died at the age of 89. The priest had returned...
