Memories of My Dear Friend, Jean Vanier
Moira Gillmore, Durban – Jean Vanier, the founder of the L’Arche communities and Faith and Light, who died on May 7, and I became friends after he had visited South Africa in the...
Category: Letter of the Week
The Southern Cross: Excellent and Exciting Reading
Fr Ralph de Hahn, Cape Town – Reader Tom Kent called for real substance in The Southern Cross and not for content which is “of little interest to many readers” which, he alleged, shows...
Pope Faces Enemies of Change as Christ Did
Patrick Dacey, Johannesburg – The Church today is facing a similar crisis which existed in Judaism at the beginning of the common era. This is the time when Jesus strode the dusty pathways of...
Jesus on the Cross Showed the Courage of the Lion of Judah
Nicolette Whittle, Kroonstad – Socrates and the common soldier seem to face death with greater courage than Christ, Fr Ron Rolheiser OMI suggests in his column “Who wants to die like Jesus?” (June 12)....
It is His Church
Dominic Sam, Port Elizabeth – The letter “Catholic or Christian: on the outside looking in” by Hazel James refers. Stating that one is Catholic is understood to mean that one is Christian, belonging to...
The Weight of an Elephant on your Back
Lucy Moll, Pretoria – Thank you for the refreshingly honest article by Jenny Uebbing, “Why I am not leaving the Church” (May 29). Even in dispelling some long-held myths and digesting the scandal which...
Who Can Die Like Jesus? No-one, That’s the Whole Point
Elaine Chinsamy, Durban – I respect Fr Ron Rolheiser’s article, “Who wants to die like Jesus?”, but find it to be a rather sensitive topic. The first question that came to my mind when...
Brave Plumber Inspires My Penitential Walk
Stephen A Clark, Manila, Philippines – Repentance seems an odd word in this day and age; as is anything which is uncomfortable or can’t be done from a mobile phone app. But at times...
Moving Date of Ascension Wrong
Leslie Selbourne, Cape Town – I find it very strange how easily the bishops could have allowed and applied to Rome to have the solemnity of the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ be...
Do the Bishops Read Our Comments?
Geoff Harris, Rooiels, Western Cape – Tom Kent’s “Make SC a Vital Read for Catholics” makes some important points and suggestions, perhaps prompted by the ancient saying that “to persist with the same old...
Women Deacons: No Resolution?
Patrick Dacey, Johannesburg – It is disappointing Pope Francis’ commission appointed to ascertain the merits of women becoming deacons has stalled. “Papa” Francis has displayed many acts of wisdom in his papacy, but on...
Gandhi’s Legacy: What Remains?
QX Nobin, Pietermaritzburg – What is left of the legacy of the Mahatma Gandhi today? Moandas Gandhi came to South Africa in 1893 to do legal work. Here he faced white racism against Indian...
