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.
Raymond Perrier
Do We Spend Money Well?
First and foremost, our duty is to make sure that we do not waste the money entrusted to us. I am afraid I have been involved in the past in some very well-resourced charities who happily use money because it’s there, without stopping to think if they are actually getting value for their spend
Following in the Footsteps: The Denis Hurley Pilgrimage
I was involved in a profound experience like this a few months ago when we organised two consecutive Saturdays of driving around KwaZulu-Natal in the footsteps of Archbishop Denis Hurley, the long-time head of Durban archdiocese who died in 2004 after whom the centre I work for was named.
Old Bones Inspire Me: Relics in Rome
As you walk around the “Eternal City” — and I walked 50km in four days — you are conscious that you are treading on the bones of the past.
Our Response to Drug Addiction – It’s Come a Long Way
Drug addiction – it’s a scourge in our cities and villages. It wastes lives and it destroys families. It’s a social problem, a medical problem and a moral problem. It affects every type of family, regardless of colour, religion or income level — but inevitably the poorest suffer more.
The Church’s Language Problem
In so many areas of our lives, we have overcome our prejudices to exercise gender sensitivity in language.
How Drama Opens Spaces for Honesty
The National Arts Festival in Grahamstown is always full of surprising drama delights, secular and also sacred. Among the latter...
Our Youth: No Angels or Helpless Victims
The celebration of Youth Day, and remembering the extraordinary sacrifices and bravery of the Soweto youth of June 16, 1976,...
Whom Shall I Send? The Next Generation of Leaders
Our newspapers and TV have been full of comments and questions recently about leadership. Often unfavourable comparisons are made between...
