Fr Sbongiseni Msomi: The Priest and his Music
A KZN priest has released his first own album of sacred music. Fr Sbongiseni Msomi tells Daluxolo Moloantoa about his life in music. Most priests celebrate their tenth...
Category: Religious Music
Only the Good News: Fr Sbongiseni Msomi
Read the full article in the January issue of the SOUTHERN CROSS magazine. Pick up your issue at your parish (R30), or order it from us, or...
The Story of ‘We Three Kings’
Günther Simmermacher’s annual Biography of a Christmas carol Many of our beloved Christmas carols have come from the United States, and “We Three Kings” was the first...
Your Chance to Help Improve Liturgical Music At Mass
Bishop Edward Risi, Keimoes-Upington – A sub-committee of the Liturgical Commission of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has been trying for a number of years...
Woza Emmanuel Advent Concert
This December, Johannesburg will see another Advent concert featuring some of the hottest local talent in Catholic music. Hosted by Fr Victor Ngwenya, the “Woza Emmanuel” festival...
Musician Priest, Fr Lawrence Mota, Releases New CD
The musician priest of Mariannhill has released a new CD which he hopes will encourage people in troubled times. Fr Lawrence Fabian Mota CMM has titled his...
Zimbabwean Catholic Music Goes Global
Benjamin Takavarasha tells the Southern Cross how a pilgrimage to a Marian shrine in the UK led to Zimbabwean Catholic music being heard across the globe. By...
Thandeka Dube: Singing for St Anne and the World
For Catholic gospel singer Thandeka Dube, having national success is as important as being a member of her sodality, as she tells DALUXOLO MOLOANTOA. The video of “Inkosi...
Musicologist hopes to reconstruct 12-century organ from Bethlehem church
By Judith Sudilovsky – Frozen in time, like a “musical Pompeii,” the 221 remaining original organ pipes from the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem may fill...
Catholic Singers Nominated for Top Awards
Two up-and-coming Catholic music acts have been nominated for this year’s Ingoma Awards, which are dedicated to exposing, promoting and celebrating South African gospel music. The Light...
Thuso Wa Sibini: ‘I Want To Take Catholic Gospel To New Heights’
Having released her debut album, Catholic gospel singer Thuso Wa Sibini believes there is an audience for singers like her outside the Church, as she told Daluxolo Moloantoa....
No Singing Allowed? Catholic School’s Students Learn Sign Language
By Joyce Duriga – When music teacher Lynn Kingsbury at St. Damian School in the Chicago suburb of Oak Forest learned that her students wouldn’t be allowed to...
