Passion Play Returns To Durban
Every five years the Durban Catholic Players’ Guild presents the Durban Passion Play—and this year marks the show’s 15th production. The play re-enacts the story of the Passion of Christ, starting from Palm Sunday...
Category: Perspectives
Oblate Warns of OR Tambo Drug Trafficking
Nearly 20% of people arrested in Hong Kong in 2018/19 for possession of drugs, smuggled the substance via OR Tambo International in Johannesburg, according to a Hong Kong prison chaplain. Fr John Wotherspoon, an...
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reflection
Parents take delight in the achievements of the children. When we realise as parents or grandparents that these children have become good people, our hearts soar and our joy is complete. When a teacher...
Pastoral Plan: Let’s Turn On The Light
By Daluxolo Moloantoa, with additional reporting by Selby Makgotho – The core message of the new Pastoral Plan is a call to action. “We are called to be disciples of goodwill and at the same...
To Bring Heaven To Earth, By Brush
I have recently begun to study the different periods in art history. None have brought me to as much awe and admiration as the works seen in the Baroque period. Most notably, I have...
To Love Is To Give Life
In response to two current social issues that need serious attention we came up with the 2020 theme for MARFAM: “Our World, A Family Of Families”. Everyone knows that family life is undergoing changes...
Why Do Some Reject Papal Primacy?
Browsing through the Internet, I am surprised at the number of Christian websites that contradict the Catholic Church’s understanding of the intent of Matthew 16:18, “You are Peter and on this rock I will...
What SA Bishops And Ramaphosa Discussed
President Cyril Ramaphosa has agreed with Catholic Church leaders that things need to improve in South Africa, and has asked that the Church work with him to resolve them. A delegation representing the Southern...
A Christian State of the Nation Address
My fellow brothers and sisters in Christ: As followers of the God whose very essence is love, a love so deep and abundant that this love took on human flesh and dwelt among us...
Does the Bible Support the Use of Images in Devotion?
Many people falsely imagine that Catholics “worship” images. In the second article of his two-part series, PROF MICHAEL OGUNU explains that the Catholic veneration of images has biblical support. The Bible certainly condemns the worship of...
Giant of SA Church, Father Albert Danker, dies at 90
Oblate Father Albert Danker, one of Durban’s most revered priests, died on January 28. He was 90. In the last few weeks before his death, Fr Danker had been in hospital after having suffered...
Fifth Sunday In Ordinary Time Reflection
All of us can live but we cannot live without hope. You cannot look to the future if you do not first know how to value yourselves, if you do not feel that your...
