Pray with the Pope: September 2017
Faith and the Parish: Pray that our parishes may be places where faith is communicated and charity is seen.
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Fr Chris Chatteris Parish Life Pray with The Pope Prayer
Church Parish Life
Getting the Parish Back in the Black
Walter Middleton, Johannesburg – The discussions in The Southern Cross on parish finances have been timely and appropriate, especially since the economic situation in our country is bleak.
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Church Crisis Parish Life Priests
Shameful Behaviour of Some Priests
Sr Sue Rakoczy IHM – The spiritual and psychological abuse that women experience in the Church is often hidden and the woman suffers alone. This is a very sad and scandalous story of clerical abuse against a vulnerable woman.
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Parish Life
Let’s Turn Alcohol Abuse Around
Alcohol abuse is one of the causes of violence against women and children. Even people who are normally gentle can become violent after too much alcohol.
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Church Parish Life
‘Life is tough. We are praying for you’ – Parish Billboard Touches Community
A glance, a thought, a prayer are what St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Parish had hoped to inspire in commuters when
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Church Parish Life Priests Vocations
Priest’s Love of Cars Raises Funds for Vocations in Poorest Diocese
A priest who loves rebuilding hot rods and assisting seminarians is donating a 1969 Pontiac Firebird Convertible that he refurbished
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Church Parish Life Perspectives Sebothoma
What’s a Parish-Hopper? Is it a Bad Thing?
Fr Mathibele Sebothoma – Since the beginning of the year I had been wondering about her absence in parish life.
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Christian Living Church Parish Life Pope Francis
A Carnival for the Devil: Bad-Mouthing in the Parish
The sin committed most frequently in Christian parishes and groups is bad-mouthing and backstabbing each other, which not only divides
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Church Parish Life Your Letters
Parish Finance: A Priest’s View
Fr Raphael Thomas, Cape Town – On the subject of sustaining a parish: transparency, accountability (agreed) and even some good
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