Trinity Sunday Reflection
All of us face the same difficulty in life; we face the reality that changes and values that appear to contradict each other. We change and reality also changes; yesterday I was but a...
Category: Perspectives
Maris Stella School Celebrates 120 Years!
As Maris Stella School in Durban celebrated 120 years, Cardinal Wilfrid Napier honoured it for transforming love into service. Speaking at a thanksgiving Mass concelebrated with Frs Peter Lafferty and Sean Mullin, the cardinal...
CWD: May this Agency Rise from the Ashes
My personal association with Catholic Welfare & Development (CWD)—the welfare agency of the archdiocese of Cape Town which had to close its doors in November—makes me think of the 1980s. It calls to...
What Does Really Matter in Life?
What really matters in the measure of a life? A few weeks ago, I attended the funeral of a 95-year old lady. It was a quiet affair, attended by a few of her family...
Vatican and South Africa Mark 25 years of Diplomatic Ties
Honouring the 25 years since South Africa’s first democratic elections, South African ambassador to the Holy See George Johannes, a Catholic, organised a special evening in the Vatican. Joining the celebration were Archbishop Stephen...
Catholic Soccer Star Wants to Score Big for SA
Thembi Kgatlana is a star player for the national women’s team, known as Banyana Banyana. The centre-forward from Johannesburg’s West Rand is a parishioner of Our Lady of Africa in Mohlakeng township. The 23-year-old,...
Bishop Giuseppe Sandri of Witbank Dies at 72
Bishop Giuseppe Sandri of Witbank will be remembered as a fine pastor with an irrepressible sense of humour. Bishop Sandri died at the age of 72 on Ascension Thursday, May 30, at Midstream Mediclinic...
Spirit’s Searing Grace Can Hurt and Heal
Guest Editorial by Michael Shackleton – An archbishop from Australia has unwittingly provided us with something to think about on Pentecost Sunday. As president of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Mark Coleridge of...
Pentecost Sunday Reflection
There are three great epochs marked in Sacred Scripture that are heralded by God’s Holy Spirit at work within creation. At the genesis of the history of creation, God breaths the Word that becomes...
Salesians Young Burns-Survivor Says No to Schoolyard Bullies
In June 2014, Salesian Life Choices launched the 30 Stories in 30 Days campaign to celebrate National Youth Month. The campaign shares one inspirational youth story a day for the month of June, honouring...
The Church on Property: Who Does it Belong To?
The Catholic Church confidently sees itself as Mother and Teacher of all nations (Mater et Magister, 1961), a pillar and ground of truth. It communicates its social teachings in order to Christianise the conditions...
The Challenge of living in the Ordinary
By now, the excitement of the 2019 elections is over. An election campaign is always full of high points — moments where a politician gives us hope for the future — and low points...
