Of Credit Cards and Other Curses
I remember the first time I felt rich. I was 11 years old and had found myself with R50 to...
Perspectives
19th Sunday of the Year Reflection
What does it mean to have life until the age to come? All of us live as though we have...
Where is the Real Place of the Tranfiguration?
Tradition holds that the Transfiguration of Jesus took place on Mount Tabor, the 586 metre-high bluff which overlooks the Jezreel (or Esdraelon) plains.
When ‘Rosary Priest’ Fr Patrick Peyton came to South Africa
Fr Patrick Peyton (1909-1992) was a dynamic advocate for family prayer and a trailblazer in radio broadcast and televised evangelisation....
Beloved Daughters of a Loving Father
Recently I read that men are more likely to apply for jobs even when they meet only 60% of the...
18th Sunday of the Year Reflection
In today’s gospel story, we are given a great example of such incomprehension. The crowds that have gathered around...
After 50 years, It’s Finally Time to Consider the Wisdom of ‘Humanae Vitae’
On July 25, 1968 – in the midst of the “sexual revolution” which aggressively promoted premarital sex, pornography, homosexual activity...
A Check-up for the Parish
Anyone over 40 knows the necessity, and occasionally the indignity, of having to go for a medical. It is prudent...
Pray with the Pope August 2018 – Get People to Marry – Its Good for Them
There is a slew of studies which tell us what we already know. They inform us, often in a rather surprised tone, that marriage is good for us. Married people tend to be healthier, happier and even wealthier than people who are cohabiting.
