Ten years ago Oblate Father Frans Claerhout, the Free State-based painter of world-renown, died. Retired journalist WINNIE GRAHAM recalls meeting […]
Remembering SA’s Great Artist-Priest Read Post »
From Sr Marianne Tieber FIC, Middelburg – I am delighted reading the statement by Sr Hermenegild Makoro CPS in connection with the
Nuns Certainly Not Undermined Read Post »
When the Vatican joined the international effort of creating a celestial map in 1887, four nuns were tasked with the
Nuns Mapped the Starry heavens Read Post »
To follow the path of Christ means to serve the poor and the downtrodden while not turning Christian virtues simply
Pope: Don’t turn Charity into Philanthropy Read Post »
Rosemary Govender, Scottburgh - In September I stayed overnight at the retreat house of the Capuchin convent in Melville, near Port
Capuchin Retreat House Needs Help Read Post »
An artist spent ten years getting to know a group of strictly encloistered nuns and has written a book about
Inside a Monastery of Encloistered Nuns Read Post »
There is a story about the Messiah. It’s from M Scott Peck’s book The Different Drum, and is titled The Rabbi’s
Are you the Messiah? Read Post »
By Robert Duncan, Catholic News Service Julia Bolton Holloway, a Dante scholar with a doctorate in medieval studies, lives among
Freelancing the religious life: An ‘urban hermit’ tells her story Read Post »
By Cori Fugere Urban, Catholic News Service The joy of youth met the joy of consecrated religious life when sixth-graders
Schoolchildren Learn about Nuns’ Life Behind the Grille Read Post »
