How 2018 Will Be A Watershed Year
Division and corruption shall be the legacy of Jacob Zuma’s reign over our country. But the decision to announce free tertiary education for households with joint incomes below R350000 a year is the right one.
Perspectives
Epiphany Changes Our View of Reality
What is the great manifestation; the revelation of the epiphany of the lord that we celebrate to-day and how does this change my view of reality and my own way of being in the world?
Forgotten Out At Sea
There is one group whose work over the holiday season will probably go unnoticed since they work invisibly during Christmas and indeed throughout the year. That group are seafarers.
Reflecting on Pope Francis’ 2018 New Year Message
On behalf of the world’s often unwanted refugees and migrants, Pope Francis in his Jan. 1 World Day of Peace message titled “Migrants and Refugees: Men and Women in Search of Peace” pleads: “In a spirit of compassion, let us embrace all those fleeing from war and hunger, or forced by discrimination, persecution, poverty and environmental degradation to leave their homelands.”
Pray With the Pope: January 2018
General Intention: That Christians, and other religious minorities in Asian countries, may be able to practise their faith in full freedom.
The Nitty-Gritty of the Consecration
Before the consecration, the priest says: He took bread in his hands, thus imitating Jesus’ gesture, but at the word “broke” he does not break the bread.
A Southern Cross Christmas, 75 years ago
The Christmas edition of The Southern Cross in 1942 was a slim affair at ten pages, but there was a lot to read. GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER steps into a time-capsule from 75 years ago.
Hope Begins with Christmas
This has been a long year. It’s been a year where were bombarded by bad news at every turn. But there’s hope.
The World of Glass – A Christmas story by Fr Ralph de Hahn
Little Alice always loved window-shopping, but this window was special. Standing before this huge shop display on the morning of Christmas Eve she found herself totally absorbed and mystified by the wonderful scene before her searching eyes.
