St Maria Goretti parish in Worcester, Western Cape, celebrated its feast day and the 8th anniversary of ordination to the […]
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Sometimes we don’t know what we don’t know. I realised this recently at the “Amaz!ng” National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. I was thus drawn to a musical programme that was advertised as featuring works by only female composers. The one name I did recognise was St Hildegard of Bingen…
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Pope Francis issued decrees advancing the sainthood causes of four candidates, including two young teenagers who heroically lived the Christian
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Pauls moral teaching often causes controversy. Scripture scholar Victor Paul Furnish, who tries to show how a more critical reading of Pauls ethics can retrieve the spirit of what he said, observes that when one treats Pauls teaching as if it were a sacred cow, one runs the risk of turning it into a white elephant.
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If you missed the documentary on the veneration of saints, featuring several prominent South African Catholics, the 48-minute documentary explores
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A documentary on the veneration of saints, featuring several prominent South African Catholics, will be broadcast on SABC 2 on Sunday, June 17 at 9:00.
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We had a vegetable garden in our own backyard at home and I assisted with that. Planting the flowers (from seed) was my specialty. I still remember watching the alyssum, zinnias, snapdragons and other flowers come to life.
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The current “culture of the temporary” makes it more difficult than ever for young people to make lifelong commitments to
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Naturally, in a document on the Christian call to holiness, Pope Francis cited a heavenly host of saints – including some whose sainthood causes are ongoing and some who probably will never be canonised.
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