https://www.scross.co.za Southern Africa's Catholic Magazine Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:37:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.scross.co.za/2026/04/vocations-and-easter/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:37:39 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=84843 Dear Reader, Every year, vocations Sunday is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Easter (this year on April 26) as […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/02/sr-majella-quinns-life-of-service/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 06:11:10 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=84111 Mercy Sister Majella Quinn spoke to Daluxolo Moloantoa about her vocation, which 65 years ago took her from rural Ireland […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/01/seminarians-prepare-for-a-journey-of-discernment/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:50:47 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=83940 By Kati Dijane – Thirteen young men discerning a calling to the priesthood took part in a vocational retreat held […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2025/05/vocations-sunday-in-mariannhill-diocese/ Mon, 12 May 2025 04:22:52 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=80922 By Sr Maria Kampila SU  – On this year’s Good Shepherd Sunday, Bishop Augustine Neil Frank OMI , hosted the […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2024/12/towards-a-vocation-culture-in-southern-africa/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 07:59:14 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=79044 By Fr Vaclav Klement—The annual Salesian practical trainees workshop, which included 7 young confreres from 6 countries (South Africa, Malawi, […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2024/12/lesotho-holy-cross-sisters-celebrate-golden-and-diamond-jubilees/ Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:32:04 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=78924 Article and pics by Bokang Tsoanamatsie – The congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross from the Menzingen Province […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2024/04/vocation-sunday-brunch-at-all-saints-cathedral-diocese-of-mthatha/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 04:29:52 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=75686 By Sr Francis Ngiba SU – To promote vocations to religious life, the Ursuline Community in Mthatha hosted a Vocation […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2024/04/in-a-hostile-world-the-vocation-of-christians-is-to-hope-pope-says/ Sun, 21 Apr 2024 03:27:00 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=75153 By Justin McLellan, CNS – Though the global situation risks plunging people into pessimism, Christians are called to pursue their […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2024/04/vocations-and-blessings/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 04:36:47 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=75345 Dear Reader, A  popular item for sale in souvenir shops around the Vatican is a calendar of portraits of handsome […]]]>