https://www.scross.co.za Southern Africa's Catholic Magazine Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:55:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.scross.co.za/2026/06/why-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus-matters/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:04:00 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=41554 The Church marks the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the 3rd Friday after Pentecost, with that beautiful […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/05/pope-leos-magnifica-humanitas-highlights-catholic-social-teaching/ Sat, 30 May 2026 03:47:46 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=86702 Catholic Social Teaching – little known, seldom preached, under taught (even in seminaries), and rarely applied to the life and […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/05/an-immeasurable-love-holy-trinity-sunday-2/ Fri, 29 May 2026 03:30:00 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=86589 Holy Trinity Sunday, Year A Sermon And Christian Act In The Word Theme:  An Immeasurable Love – Holy Trinity! We pray […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/05/receive-the-holy-spirit-pentecost-sunday-2/ Fri, 22 May 2026 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=85735 Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB,  Pentecost Sunday, Year A Sermon And Christian Act In The Word Theme:  Receive the Holy Spirit! […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/05/church-rights-and-obligations/ Mon, 18 May 2026 03:56:10 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=85699 A recurrent experience of being in central Durban is gridlock in the centre of town whenever there is a march […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/05/ascension-of-the-lord/ Fri, 15 May 2026 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=85643 Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB,  Ascension Of The Lord, Year A Sermon And Christian Act In The Word Theme: Jesus Ascends […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/05/pope-leos-first-year-unarmed-and-disarming-no-one-is-excluded-from-gods-love/ Mon, 11 May 2026 05:50:18 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=85608 By Tony Magliano – Some of the places God loves to hide, awaiting us to discover him, are those places […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/05/pray-with-the-pope-god-provides-we-squander/ Sat, 09 May 2026 03:57:00 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=85702 Every month Fr Chris Chatteris SJ reflects on Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention Intention: Let us pray that everyone, from large producers to […]]]> https://www.scross.co.za/2026/05/mothers-day-chocolate-brownies/ Sat, 09 May 2026 03:39:00 +0000 https://www.scross.co.za/?p=82075 In 1905, Anna Jarvis of West Virginia in the US stood at her mother’s graveside, reflecting on her mom’s work […]]]>