Marist Linmeyer Grade 4’s Receive First Holy Communion
On Saturday, 22nd May 2021 and 9th October 2021, the first and second 2020 group of Grade 4 students from Marist Brothers Linmeyer received the Sacrament of...
Category: Sacraments
28 Confirmed at Marist Brothers Linmeyer!
On Saturday, 2nd October 2021, twenty-eight Grade 11 candidates from Marist Brothers Linmeyer received the Sacrament of Confirmation at the hands of his excellency, Archbishop Buti...
Are Anglican Confirmations Valid?
A Catholic boy I know was confirmed in an Anglican church. Was this a valid confirmation? Didn’t Pope Leo XIII state in his encyclical Apostolicae curae (1896)...
Can I receive the Eucharist twice on the same day?
I am confused about whether I can receive the Eucharist at Mass and then receive it again at a Communion service. Some seem to say yes, others...
Who should give the Last Rites?
At 1:45 a.m. my mother became seriously ill and the hospital doctor said she was dying and needed a priest. We phoned our parish priest who refused...
Can I Change my Confirmation Name?
I have read online that taking a confirmation name is simply an act of personal piety or custom, and not required by the rubrics for the sacrament....
Must Communion Wine Be Red?
Recently I received communion under both species in Pretoria. The chalice contained transubstantiated white wine that, in this case, was colourless, like the anaemia that Jesus suffered...
Confession Once a Year?
By Father Kenneth Doyle – Question: In one of your recent columns, you stated: “Strictly speaking, one is obliged to go to the sacrament of penance only...
Francine Nzombo of Holy Family College Confirmed
At Holy Family College Durban we acknowledge the commitment of our learners. We are very proud that Grade 12 learner, Francine Nzombo, managed to make her Confirmation...
Confirmands at Holy Family Parish, Newlands East, Durban
Youth at Holy Family Parish in Newlands East, Durban, were confirmed on Pentecost Sunday! Catechists in the parish are LeeAnn Gabin & Dio Paul. (Picture: Toni Joharie)...
Where Should the Tabernacle Be Kept?
By Fr Thomas Plastow SJ Question: In older churches, the tabernacle used to be in the sanctuary, but the modern trend has been to move it away...
Pray with the Pope: March 2021
General Intention: Let us pray that we may experience the sacrament of reconciliation with renewed depth, to taste the infinite mercy of God. Taste God’s infinite mercy...
