Youth chaplains and coordinators will meet in Mariannhill in May to discuss Pope Francis’ new document on the youth. The conference on the pope’s apostolic exhortation Christus vivit (“Christ Lives”), which was released this...
By Cindy Wooden – The life of a young person and the vocation to which God calls each one is “holy ground” that pastors and parents must respect, nurture and encourage, Pope Francis wrote in...
Charity / Church / Religious Life / Youth
by Caleb SC · Published March 23, 2019 · Last modified March 22, 2019
Nomsa Mashabela takes the little ones of Holy Family Care Centre in Ofcolaco, Limpopo, for a walk. The home was founded in 2002 and is run by the Daughters of Our Lady of the...
Church / Erin Carelse / World Youth Day / Youth
by Erin Carelse · Published March 22, 2019 · Last modified March 20, 2019
Two World Youth Day pilgrims are taking to heart the appeal by national youth chaplain Fr Mthembeni Dlamini CMM to share their life-changing experiences in their parishes and communities. Andrea Giuricich from Our Lady...
By Zuko Masabalala – A group of students at Immaculata Secondary School in Diepkloof, Soweto, believe the experience they gained as active members of Young Christian Students was instrumental in their being elected to...
A group of 13 Young Christian Students (YCS) members, representing four schools, planned, organised and facilitated a one-day workshop at Christ the King parish in Orlando East, Soweto, to discuss and draw up plans...
Christen Torres / Christian Leadership / Schools / Youth
by Christen Torres · Published December 5, 2018
IT costs up to R100000 to train a guide dog for the blind, and the South African Guide-Dogs Association for the Blind (GDA) has various programmes to raise money for the training of the dogs.
Church / Sacraments / Youth
by Caleb SC · Published November 20, 2018 · Last modified November 16, 2018
Twelve young people were confirmed at St Benedict’s cathedral in Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal. With the candidates are (far left) cathechist Ori Vaarmark, Bishop Xolelo Kumalo, and (far right) Fr Victor Chavunga OSB. (Submitted by Henry Chavunga)...
Church / Sacraments / Youth
by Jael SC · Published November 2, 2018 · Last modified October 29, 2018
Candidates in Grade 10 at St Benedict’s College in Bedfordview, Johannesburg, were confirmed by Archbishop Buti Tlhagale. The Blessed Sacrament church in Malvern East parish and parish priest Fr Tony Daniels hosted the confirmation...
Christen Torres / Church / Youth
by Christen Torres · Published October 29, 2018 · Last modified October 28, 2018
A young Catholic in Johannesburg introduced her own fashion designs at a private show and is determined to become a runway model. Victoria Giuricich, 20, is a parishioner of Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Rivonia. Born in 1998, she has Down syndrome. The aspiring model will debut three of her own original designs on the ramps as part of South African Fashion Week.
Members of the Young Christian Students (YCS) movement attending a workshop gave up using their cellphones for three days to show solidarity with the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Wars in the...
Young people from around the world told Pope Francis and members of the Synod of Bishops that they no longer want to remain on the sidelines but want to take an active role in...
