King William’s Town Dominicans celebrated their 140th anniversary in South Africa with a jubilee Mass in Johannesburg led by Auxiliary Bishop Duncan Tsoke.
King Williams’s Town Dominicans – 140 Years in South Africa Read Post »
It is wonderful that The Southern Cross is highlighting the apostolate of the remarkable Abbot Francis Pfanner. What a magnificent man! With fearless courage, deep piety and indefatigable energy, this visionary made a beautiful Mariannhill domain in the lovely hills of the Drakensberg.
Travelling Abbot Francis Pfanner Terrain Read Post »
The legendary “Iron Nun” was amazed at learning that she had featured in Southern Africa’s regional Catholic newspaper and expressed her hope to visit South Africa.
‘Iron Nun’ Would Love to Run in South Africa Read Post »
When Mother Joanna Jamieson went back to art school after more than 60 years in a Benedictine convent, she was likened by one British national newspaper to an “intergalactic time traveller” who hadn’t heard a record by the Beatles or seen a James Bond film.
British Benedictine, 82, Creates Mural to Capture Order’s Charisms Read Post »
400 Years of Vincentian Order: Vincent de Paul’s zeal for helping the poor was the instrument God used to bring about a “burst of generosity in the church,”.
Vincentians: Charity is at the Heart of the Church Read Post »
The great simplicity of life embraced by Trappist monks and nuns and their attentive practice of long periods of absolute silence are gifts the world needs today, Pope Francis said.
Pope to Trappists: Share Your Silence, the World Needs it Read Post »
Sacred Heart Novices Five novices of the Sacred Heart Priests Order, made their first religious professions at Sacred Heart parish
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Br Jared Jamie of Corpus Christi parish in Wynberg, Cape Town, will make his first religious profession as a Capuchin Friar Minor
New Capuchin Friar for Cape Town Read Post »
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Carmelite Sister Margaret Ann Laechelin saw a motorist struggling to navigate a road obstructed by a fallen tree and worried for the safety of others. So she used a chainsaw to chop that tree still fully dressed in her religious habit.
Carmelite Sister Cleans up after Irma with a Chainsaw Read Post »
