Priests: A Truly Essential Service
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement in late May that places of worship may reopen for public worship during Level 3 of the nationwide lockdown was met...
Category: Priests
KZN Catholic Sells Crosses to Help Fund Seminarian
When he learnt that Missionaries of Africa students were paying for their own studies, a KwaZulu-Natal Catholic decided to act. Eric Tate and his wife...
Priest Explains Symbolism In Statues, Windows In Youtube Series
Father Rensch’s YouTube series, “Symbols and Saints,” can be viewed at https://bit.ly/37RFien By Cori Fugere Urban – What do vestments, an upside-down anchor, St. John of...
Priest’s Treasured Chalice Resurfaces After Going Missing For Five Years
By Tim Swift – Like many people, the Rev Shawn Brandon, pastor of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, has had more time on his hands while...
Father Boniface Isaho Rest in Peace
By Bishop Joseph Mary Kizito – Father Boniface Kasali Isaho of Aliwal North died on April 26 at the age of 56 in his home...
Ways to Spread the Burden of Giving Homilies
Derrick Kourie, Pretoria – I respond to Fr Chris Chatteris’ article “How not to crash the homily” Perhaps part of the problem is that over...
Fr Runaine Radine: My First Easter as a Priest
About a year ago I was preparing earnestly for my priestly ordination. For me, as I would imagine is the case with all newly-ordained priests,...
What We Are Growing at St John Vianney
South Africa’s national St John Vianney seminary is training about 130 men for the priesthood. Lucy Rubin visited the Pretoria campus and met three future...
Spain’s Serenading Priests Bring Neighbours Together Amid Lockdown
By Junno Arocho Esteves – While the coronavirus pandemic has forced people in Madrid to isolate themselves in their apartments, it also has paradoxically brought people...
Father John Nolan OMI, Rest in Peace
Oblate Father John Nolan, who served 54 years in the archdiocese of Bloemfontein, died at 84 in Dublin on April 8. His death was the...
Father Joseph Leathem Rest in Peace
By Fr Neil Frank OMI – Father Joseph Leathem died unexpectedly on March 16, after just two nights in hospital. He would have turned 85...
Church Professionals: Prepare Now For Post-Pandemic Ministry
By Dennis Sadowski – While church lockdowns remain the norm in much of the country, parish management and ministry professionals say now is the time...
