I would like to convey the joy of being a priest. Throughout the month of November, I have been giving retreats to different sodalities at the parish where I serve, St Charles Lwanga in Botshabelo, in the archdiocese of Bloemfontein.
Peter Hendricks, Cape Town – Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Johannesburg, who called for the excommunication of all priests who abuse minors (November 7), should be given the Nobel Peace Prize. His statement shows how...
by Kilian SC · Published November 24, 2018 · Last modified November 21, 2018
Saint Benedict’s College in Bedfordview, Johannesburg, has a new media centre, offering “not just books on shelves but a space for collaboration and innovation”. Fr J Robert de Sylva Media Centre was officially opened...
by Letters Editor · Published November 21, 2018 · Last modified December 10, 2018
Pat Rother, Cape Town – With all the trouble in the Catholic Church, I feel we need to pray for our priests. There are thousands of priests affected by what some have done. We...
Bishop Vincent Zungu and the Port Elizabeth deanery celebrated the funeral Mass of 95-year-old Vincentian Father Ignatius Ou. Fr Ou came to Port Elizabeth to minister to the city’s Chinese Catholic community. (Submitted by...
An SA priest is to succeed Southern Cross columnist Fr Ron Rolheiser as head of US theology school in SanAntonio, Texas. A South African Oblate has been appointed to head a prestigious United States school...
Salesian Father John Thompson celebrated his last Mass at St John Bosco parish in Robertsham, Johannesburg, before leaving for a new post in Lesotho. Fellow Salesian priests Frs Tumelo Pone, Canice Dooley, Joy Sebastian...
A Johannesburg priest has published his first book of poetry — and had a world-famous singer write a foreword to it.
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by asiel · Published November 6, 2018 · Last modified November 5, 2018
Carmelite Father Boniface D’Souza celebrated his silver jubilee with parishioners from St Joseph’s in Actonville, Our Lady of Loreto in Kempton Park, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Benoni, fellow priests, and deacons....
By Sikhumbuzo Ben – Parishioners in Khayelitsha, Mfuleni and Crossroads in Cape Town were sad to say goodbye to Fr Bafana Ndlovu OMI, who has left for the archdiocese of Johannesburg to minister in Soweto....
In the Cleansing of the Temple, Jesus quoted a passage from Isaiah 56:7, namely: “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples” (Mk 11:17). The American theologian Brant Pitre reflected on...
By Sr Phatsimo Ramokgwebana SC – A priest built a house and then handed it over to a single mother of ten children. Fr Foster Olator is stationed at Lwapa la Lerato parish in Jwaneng,...
