Tribute to Father Emil Blaser OP by Sr Hermenegild Makoro CPS (SACBC Secretary General)
I would like to give a short history of who Fr. Emil was. I am sure those who worked with him during his days in Khanya House...
Category: Religious Life
Passionists Prepare to mark 300th Anniversary with Jubilee Celebration
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The Passionist Fathers will commemorate the 300th anniversary of their founding with a jubilee celebration centred on renewing the commitment to proclaiming...
Pope: Vatican Approval Necessary for Diocesan Religious Orders
By Cindy Wooden – Bishops who want to establish a religious order in their dioceses must first obtain the written permission of the Holy See, Pope Francis...
Nuns Usher the Dying into Heaven
By Chaz Muth – Much attention was given to church teaching on assisted suicide and euthanasia when the Vatican released its September 22 letter “‘Samaritanus bonus,’ on...
Pope Hails Great Doctor of the Church St Hildegard of Bingen
Four years after the Pontifical Council for Culture instituted a Permanent Women’s Consultation Group to bring women’s experiences and voices to the council’s deliberations, Pope Francis noted...
Nun Makes Time Magazine’s 100 List
By Carol Zimmermann – Sister Norma Pimentel, a Missionary of Jesus and executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, has received numerous awards over...
Presentation Sister Aletha Madziro: This is My Story
Every vocation story is different. Here SR ALETHA MATISWAYIRI MADZIRO tells hers, as a Presentation Sister in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe was once considered the breadbasket of Africa, a...
Sister Lizzy: Let Go and Let God Give Light
By letting go and putting ourselves in God’s hands we can experience liberation, suggests Sr Lissy Maruthanakuzhy FSP. Between the words “Go” and “God”, the only the...
Dominican: Catholic Social Teaching has Values the World Needs
By Cindy Wooden – Individual rights and freedom obviously are essential for human flourishing, but human happiness depends a lot on relationships – kinship and friendship, but...
Fr Duncan Blackie CSsR, Rest in Peace
By Fr Sean Collins CSsR – Redemptorist Father Duncan Blackie died on August 23 in Cape Town. He was 74. He was born on April 11, 1946,...
Fr Bernhard Thiel CMM, Rest in Peace
By Archbishop Paul Mandla Khumalo CMM – Mariannhill Missionaries Father Bernhard Thiel died in a car accident on August 25 near Port Shepstone. He was 82. Born...
The Dancing Nuns: Why We Did the Jerusalema
By Daluxolo Moloantoa – One of the most heartwarming stories to come out of the lockdown is that of the #JerusalemaChallenge. People across the world have been...
