What Mary Pondered at the Cross
As Mary stood at the foot of the cross, she will have thought of how the prophecies of Scripture led up to this moment, as FR RALPH DE HAHN explains. We are deeply indebted...
Category: Perspectives
Good Shepherd Centre a Model for All
A centre run by the Good Shepherd Sisters in Madidi, North West Province, was declared the best-practice model of integration of services by the provincial department of social development’s HIV/Aids directorate. Since its inception...
Catholic Social Teaching: Why Church Cares about Economics
In 1993, Pope John Paul II set up a foundation to promote dialogue between Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and the social sciences, and to promote the Church’s social doctrine. The Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice...
Uitenhage Educator, Wenda Marsh, Celebrated
After benefiting from 40 years of faithful service, a Catholic primary school bade farewell to a dedicated educator, secretary, bursar and librarian. Wenda Marsh retired from Uitenhage Convent Primary School, having first joined in...
As We Prepare to Vote
A few months ago one of The Southern Cross’ followers on Facebook asked whether South Africa’s only weekly Catholic newspaper would tell readers who to vote for in the upcoming 8 May elections. As...
Zimbabwean Catholics in SA Call for Unity in Home Country
Zimbabweans in South Africa have been called on to unite, regardless of tribe, religion, and political affiliation. The challenge was made by Fr Jerome Nyathi, chaplain of the Zimbabwe Catholics’ Community in South Africa...
Palm Sunday Reflection
God is the great storyteller. Gods’ story is one that begins with the Word that speaks order out of the chaos, brings order out of disorder. When we gaze into the night sky, we...
Catholic Women’s League Turns 80 With Handbag Project
The Catholic Women’s League (CWL) of Pretoria archdiocese celebrated its 80th anniversary by launching a project to assist victims of rape. The CWL Handbag Project uses donated new or used handbags, and fills them...
NATO Military Alliance Incompatible with Gospel Nonviolence
As foreign ministers of the 29 member nations of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation), gathered in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of this largest military alliance in the world,...
We must be catholic, not just Catholic
I find it disturbing when some Catholics believe that outside of the Catholic Church there in no salvation. This comes off the back of a discussion I recently had with a good friend of...
Fr Chris Townsend: As I Move to a New Parish
Generally, I think most of my priest colleagues dread taking calls from their local ordinary — the fancy term we use for the bishop or superior. We just don’t like what those calls usually...
Fifth Sunday in Lent Reflection
What’s in a Name? We all know the experience, hearing our name across a crowded noisy room. In the study of cognitive psychology this is known as the ‘cocktail party effect’. Someone mentions our...
