A popular theologian has released a book of Lenten reflections with a special focus on the ecology. In God’s Universe, Our Responsibility: 40 Days of Ecological Reflections, Jesuit Father Anthony Egan offers meditations and...
The Jesuit Institute will bring three top speakers to South Africa this year, including one who will speak on the theme of “Suffering, Resistance and Hope in an Era of Violence”. Dominican Father Carlos...
Where does it hurt? That is the key theological question of the day, a priest told the annual Dominican Day at Koinonia in Johannesburg. The day, themed “Decolonising Church and Society”, attracted about 70...
The Thomistic Institute in Washington has launched “Aquinas 101,” a free online video course that instructs interested viewers in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. “Aquinas 101” will consist of 85 to 90 videos...
Church / Church Teaching / Shackleton / Theology
by Michael Shackleton · Published July 9, 2019 · Last modified July 12, 2019
In the Creed we say we believe in the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. I believe this, but I sometimes wonder if I am being silly in asking why we will need...
Saint Joseph’s Theological Institute will hold its sixth academic conference from April 25-27 at its Cedara campus near Pietermaritzburg. This year’s theme is “The Mission to Save and Heal”, drawing from Pope Francis’ 2013...
Church / Church Teaching / Shackleton / Theology / Trinity
by Michael Shackleton · Published March 5, 2019 · Last modified March 1, 2019
The Holy Trinity is a mystery to the human intelligence yet it is an article of our Christian faith. I know the three divine persons are mentioned individually in the New Testament. At what...
by hazelelponiSC · Published November 29, 2018 · Last modified November 30, 2018
The papal nuncio addressed the inaugural Bishop Barry Wood OMI Business Breakfast, which is planned to become an annual event to raise funds for the development of St Joseph’s Theological Institute (SJTI) at Cedara, near Pietermaritzburg.
Fr Michael Seheri, of the archdiocese of Johannesburg, has lived in Italy since June 2010. He successfully defended his doctoral thesis, “The Abrahamic Covenant: A Study From a Canonical Perspective”, at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (or Santa Croce).
Church / Fr John Allen Green / Marriage / Scripture / Theology
by Caleb SC · Published October 7, 2018 · Last modified October 5, 2018
By Fr John Allen Green OFM Gospel: Mark 10:2-16 – And Pharisees approached and tested him, asking him whether it is lawful for a man to divorce his wife. But in reply he said to...
Church / Pope Francis / Scripture / Theology
by hazelelponiSC · Published September 17, 2018 · Last modified September 16, 2018
Today, more than ever, the world needs a revolution of tenderness, Pope Francis said. “Far from being reduced to sentimentalism, tenderness is the first step in overcoming the withdrawal into oneself, to emerge from...
Church / Church History / Education / Religious Life / Theology
by Christen Torres · Published August 28, 2018 · Last modified September 11, 2019
St Augustine was born in the Roman province of Numidia, in Algeria, and was son of St Monica, the patron saint of difficult marriages, disappointing children and victims of verbal abuse.
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