Bishops / Church / Erin Carelse
by Erin Carelse · Published June 18, 2020 · Last modified June 17, 2020
On the occasion of the feast of Corpus Christi, the bishops of Southern Africa said they felt deeply their inability to share the Eucharist with the faithful. A statement issued by Southern African Catholic...
On June 19 this year, the Church will mark the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with that beautiful image in so many homes around the world. The Sacred Heart issues a...
The reopening of schools has been met with mixed reactions, as many fear it will spark a massive spike in infections—but according to the deputy-director of the Catholic Institute of Education (CIE), schools needed...
Church / Church History / Daluxolo Moloantoa
by Daluxolo Moloantoa · Published June 17, 2020 · Last modified June 15, 2020
As the parish of the Most Holy Redeemer in Mmakau, North-West province, is preparing to celebrate its centenary, DALUXOLO MOLOANTOA looks back at this remarkable community’s first 100 years. From Here We Shall Never Move....
As we have moved to Level 3 lockdown, some more elements of what used to be our normality are coming back into place. I see this very clearly in the centre of Durban,...
Apologetics / Christian Living / Church / Church Teaching / God & Salvation / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published June 16, 2020
Question: Our Lord spoke of hell where the wicked are punished in “a fire that shall never be quenched” (Mk 9:43). This appears to me to be extreme. A loving God who is goodness...
Church / Education / Erin Carelse / Schools
by Erin Carelse · Published June 13, 2020 · Last modified June 11, 2020
The Class of 2020 at St Teresa’s High School in Rosebank, Johannesburg, has been dubbed the “Covid-19 Matrics”. Headgirls Brogan Hughes, Robyn Shearer and Busisiwe Khumalo shared their experiences being back at school. Brogan Hughes...
Fr John Allen Green / Mass / Scripture
by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published June 12, 2020 · Last modified June 11, 2020
In Christ our contemplation focuses on the central point of time and space; as we extend our arms and our being in this union, we touch not only the past and the future but...
The Carmelite Fathers in Benoni, Gauteng, borrowed a page from the drive-in cinema model when they held their first drive-in Mass for the faithful on Saturday and Sunday. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and...
Charity / Christian Living / Church / Erin Carelse
by Erin Carelse · Published June 11, 2020 · Last modified June 10, 2020
A group of men staying under lockdown at the Denis Hurley Centre (DHC) in Durban have brought their creative ideas and lived experiences together to write, direct, and perform in a short film. No...
Feast Days / Mass / Regeneration / Resurrection / Sarah-Leah Pimentel
by Sarah-Leah Pimentel · Published June 9, 2020 · Last modified June 5, 2020
Every year, I feel a little deflated after the feasts of the Holy Trinity and Corpus Christi. It seems as if the great spiritual journey we have been on since Ash Wednesday ends abruptly when...
Christian Living / Church / Crisis / Keenan Williams
by Keenan Williams · Published June 8, 2020 · Last modified June 5, 2020
For the past three months, we have all begun getting used to this “new normal”. Frankly, we got a rough start, but this new way of life is indeed becoming normal for many of...
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