Top international speakers will address a free on-line Alpha conference on evangelisation from July 10-11. The conference will explore themes on “evangelisation on the digital frontier”. Speakers will include Alpha pioneer Rev Nicky Gumbel;...
By Sr Catherine Hilkert OP – Dominican Sister Irenaea Christ died on May 29, during afternoon community Eucharist, at the age of 85. Rosa Maria Christ was born on May 18, 1935, in Eisenharz...
By Junno Arocho Esteves – True love is not defined by preserving one’s personal interests but by willingness to sacrifice oneself for the good of others, Pope Francis said. In order to follow Christ’s call...
By Gina Christian – Two Black Catholic priests in Philadelphia say their parishes are drawing strength from the Eucharist, prayer and a rich spiritual heritage in the fight against racism. “St. Katharine Drexel used to...
Church / Death / Sydney Duval / Women and the Church
by Admin · Published June 29, 2020 · Last modified June 28, 2020
In the space of a few days, two great women of faith passed away. Sydney Duval, who knew both of them, pays tribute. This month, the Church in South Africa lost two remarkable and...
Our need and duty to pray to God, and our endeavours to do his will faithfully, have had many expressions in the history of the Church. Indeed, it began when the earliest Christians met...
When a Catholic aftercare centre in Cape Town’s Manenberg area planned its tenth anniversary this year, nobody could foresee that its function in the coronoavirus crisis would be to return to its initial aim:...
By Cindy Wooden – Teaching the faith is a work of evangelisation meant to lead people to a deeper relationship with Jesus and not just impart information, said the updated “Directory for Catechesis.” The directory,...
Two educators produced a Covid-19 prayer booklet which is it is making freely available. Mark Potterton and Pam Paton-Mills of Sacred Heart School in Observatory, Johannesburg have collated prayers from various religious traditions and...
Church / Global Issues / Magliano / Peace & Justice / Poverty & Social Justice
by Tony Magliano · Published June 26, 2020
In the Gospel of Matthew, there is a scene where the Pharisees and Sadducees, in their desire to test Jesus, ask him to show them a sign. In reply to them, Jesus says that...
Bishops / Church / Erin Carelse
by Erin Carelse · Published June 26, 2020 · Last modified June 25, 2020
Archbishop Zolile Peter Mpambani has described his installation as the seventh archbishop of Bloemfontein as a solemn and intimate occasion. The installation of the 63-year-old archbishop took place on June 19, the feast of...
Fr Tony Daniels OMI is seen with those who assisted in distribution of Communion at the “drive-through” Mass on the grounds of St Charles parish in Victory Park, Johannesburg, on Corpus Christi Sunday. More...
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