Church / Death / Religious Life
by Admin · Published November 27, 2019 · Last modified November 25, 2019
By Fr Jeffrey Johnson SDB – Salesian Father Eugene Hennessy died on September 12 at the Bosco Centre in Walkerville outside Johannesburg. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, on February 19, 1933, to Michael...
By Fr Julius Ramashamole OMI – The superior-general of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate has appointed Fr Mothusi Sidney Boatile OMI, 37, as the administrator of Lesotho province. This comes after incumbent Fr...
Church / Death / Religious Life
by Caleb SC · Published November 17, 2019 · Last modified November 14, 2019
By Paddy Noonan OFM – Franciscan Brother Martin Thompson died on September 29 in Ireland. He was born as George Thompson in Dublin on November 4, 1934, and after his education at Belvedere College,...
Church / Death / Religious Life
by Tamar SC · Published November 17, 2019 · Last modified November 14, 2019
By Shirley Juan – Sister Mary Carmel Collins of Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal, died on September 18 at the age of 88. Born Mary Philomena Collins on August 9, 1931, in Castlehaven in County Cork, Ireland,...
Church / Death / Religious Life
by Admin · Published November 7, 2019 · Last modified November 4, 2019
Dominican Sister Regina Giwu of King William’s Town died on September 19 at 90. Born on August 14, 1929, and named Elizabeth, she was the second-last of the eight children of Pearce and Wilhelmina...
Church / Mission / Religious Life
by Admin · Published October 24, 2019 · Last modified October 21, 2019
Precious Blood Sister Maria Corda Waldhoer recalls her vocation story: I was born in rural Austria on July 25, 1940, at the beginning of World War II. My father was at that time already...
Church / Marian Shrines / Mission / Religious Life
by Admin · Published October 23, 2019 · Last modified October 21, 2019
What happens in the daily life of a religious Sister. Sr Ann-Marie Nichols of Cape Town tells of her day as a Schoenstatt Sister. Many ask: What do you do? What do Sisters do? What does...
Church / Community pictures / Religious Life
by Tamar SC · Published October 19, 2019 · Last modified October 18, 2019
The Augustinian Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus celebrated the religious profession of their sisters at St John’s parish in Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal. Sr Nontobeko Buthelezi (left), who professed her first vows, and Sr Vumile...
Christian Living / Church / Erin Carelse / Ethics & Human Dignity / Religious Life
by Erin Carelse · Published October 12, 2019 · Last modified October 10, 2019
By Sheila Pires & Erin Carelse – A group of Southern African nuns from different congregations has released a graphic mandala — a circular spiritual design — in response to the recent violence, disrespect for...
Christian Living / Church / Education / Faith Life / Religious Life
by asiel · Published October 10, 2019
Innocentia Vilakazi, a facilitator at the Salesians’ Don Bosco Educational Projects (DBEP) in Ennerdale, Johannesburg, is among a small cohort of women welders in South Africa — thanks to God. She qualified in 2013...
Church / Human Rights / Pope Francis / Religious Life
by CNS · Published October 2, 2019 · Last modified November 18, 2019
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis called on more religious orders of men and women, as well as foundations and benefactors, to get involved and help an international network of women religious in the fight...
Church / Death / Religious Life
by Kilian SC · Published September 30, 2019 · Last modified September 27, 2019
By Sr Annemarie Niehsen SAC – Pallottine Sister Mary Virginia Fredericks died on August 14 at the age of 91. Born Magdalena Fredericks in George on August 25, 1928, she was the youngest sibling...
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