Be the Miracle You’re Praying For
Like every avid reader of The Southern Cross, the news that the weekly newspaper version would be discontinued gave me a cold shock and a lump in my throat. I prayed, I still pray, that...
Category: Perspectives
When Mother Teresa Came to South Africa
Today is the feast day of Mother Teresa – from our vaults, this is a recollection of when the saint came to South Africa. In November 1988 Mother Teresa visited South Africa. In Cape Town,...
23rd Sunday Reflection
We look upon an ancient culture and religion with intricate laws and traditions. This is a society of child brides and slavery, a society in which women cannot bear witness. Contact with outsiders, gentiles, and...
Heal Our Sick Economy – Work to Bring Economic Justice For All
Labour Day – a holiday celebrated in many countries, including Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, New Zealand, South Africa (Workers Day), India and the US – is an ideal time to reflect on, and be thankful...
Sister Munzhedzi OP on her Vocation, Daswa and Church
Sr Tshifhiwa Munzhedzi OP, the associate general-secretary of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference. Unusually, both top positions in the secretariat, which manages the SACBC, are filled by religious women; the secretary-general is Precious Blood...
Mustard Seeds: In The End, That’s How It All Began
Born January 2014. Laid to rest in August 2020. This is the final “Mustard Seeds” column. It had a good run. This is its 80th and final edition. Six and a half years is a...
Pray With the Pope: September 2020
Pope’s prayer intention for September: Respect for the planet’s resources. We pray that the planet’s resources will not be plundered, but shared in a just and respectful manner. The inconvenient fact is that the planet’s...
We are Blessed to Have Mary
In our Catholic devotion, the month of August is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The feast of the Assumption, in the middle of this month, is the patronal feast of Southern Africa. As...
Alyssa Williams Baptised!
Fr Raphael Thomas baptises Alyssa Williams, the younger daughter of Southern Cross columnist Keenan Williams (right), at St Ninian’s church in Kuils River, Cape Town. Holding Alyssa is mother Nicolette. “It was a different kind...
22nd Sunday Reflection
An awakening reflection: The building rose into the heights, a veritable tower of Babel reaching to the heavens and beautiful to behold; shimmering white marble, a Taj Mahal set in the thirsty sands of the...
Why Series ‘The Chosen’ is Binge-Worthy
The producers of a new series on the ministry of Jesus say they’ve created binge-worthy TV—and they’re not wrong. Leaving aside the terminology of binging, which calls to mind the sin of gluttony, The Chosen is...
Invite Us, Lord, Back To Your Table!
Once I thought it was only a symbol, that by looking at it I might know in part who Christ is. I thought it a great scandal when I heard it was truly the flesh...
