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It’s one of those text messages in the night that I dread: “Is it true the Denis Hurley Centre caught fire?” Thanks to WhatsApp, a supporter in...
Christian Living / Raymond Perrier / Social Media
by Raymond Perrier · Published August 19, 2021 · Last modified September 22, 2021
It’s one of those text messages in the night that I dread: “Is it true the Denis Hurley Centre caught fire?” Thanks to WhatsApp, a supporter in...
Christian Living / Church / Ethics & Human Dignity / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published July 25, 2021 · Last modified July 26, 2021
This is how homeless people in Durban were presented in the “Homeless 101” project, a 2019 collaboration between the Denis Hurley Centre and the Daily Maverick. It...
Church / History / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published June 25, 2021 · Last modified July 26, 2021
Your faithful columnist popped over from Durban to Cape Town in April and shared a round of coffee with your (and my) editor, Günther Simmermacher, and...
Christian Living / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published May 29, 2021 · Last modified May 28, 2021
The December holidays are long past, but here we are in May and we have again been in holiday mode. That is because we have had five...
Christian Unity / Church / Ecumenical dialogue / Jesus / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published May 5, 2021 · Last modified May 4, 2021
Is it a coincidence that it was at the Last Supper, according to John 17:21, that our Lord prayed, “That they may all be one”? On...
Church / Covid-19 / Crisis / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published March 29, 2021 · Last modified March 28, 2021
It is close to one year since our lives were turned upside down by Covid-19. Since last March, during various stages of lockdown, we have repeatedly experienced...
Christian Living / Church / Love / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published March 1, 2021 · Last modified March 2, 2021
In February, radio stations, shopping malls and advertisers reminded us that it’s the “Month of Love”. Of course, their interests are purely commercial: hoping we will be...
Church / Politics / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published January 19, 2021 · Last modified January 8, 2021
They say that two subjects should always be avoided in polite company: religion and politics. Despite knowing that the readers of this esteemed title are indeed...
Church / Pope Francis / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published December 21, 2020 · Last modified December 10, 2020
It’s been almost two months since Pope Francis published his encyclical Fratelli Tutti on the feast of the little poor man of Assisi (il poverello). In a...
Christian Living / Church / Raymond Perrier / Technology & Christian Life
by Raymond Perrier · Published November 27, 2020
As we mark the centenary of The Southern Cross, it is tempting not only to look back over 100 years but also to imagine ourselves 100 years...
In the last few weeks we have all started to get used to changes in our lives: what we are now becoming accustomed to call “the new...
Catholic Social Teaching / Charity / Christian Living / Church / Raymond Perrier
by Raymond Perrier · Published August 18, 2020 · Last modified August 13, 2020
South Africa was already a country full of people in need. But now the Covid-19 pandemic, and the related economic lockdown, means that there are even more...
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