Can good come from xenophobic attacks?
I am standing at the church door greeting parishioners as they head home. Only then I realised only one of our immigrant parishioners had come for our...
Sebothoma
Time for umlungus is over
It must be sad for our archbishop and diocese of Pretoria. In April Archbishop George Daniel turned 75. Canon law requires that bishops tender their resignation on...
Lights out: The Dark Ages come to SA
It is possible. Life without a cellphone. A day without a laptop. Surely it is, but not without pain. Life has not been the same since the...
Father, your will, not mine be done
The drama starts at 10:48 am one Thursday morning. A young man knocks at the door. He is looking for a Mr Sibiya. Unsuspectingly I tell him...
Couples, be friends
I did not choose to focus on marriage during Lent because of seeing marriage as a penance, although it can well be. I also did not choose...
A Christmas encounter every day
Every year Thandi Skhosana and Angy Mlilwane put up a Bethlehem Christmas nativity scene in their parish. Near the crib there is a collection box. Fellow parishioners...
Feast of All Ancestors
I was visiting a family from our parish for a prayer. At the conclusion of the litany of the saints, the father of the house spontaneously started...
Requiem for a seminary
At the door are Umkhonto we Sizwe veterans who visited me in the parish. They were bearers of good news. They are canvassing that our parish, St...
The importance of the church bulletin
The other day I met Fr Edward Rakgokong. Ordained two years ago, he looks after five semi-rural Church communities. He has to travel long distances to reach...
Doctors cure, but God heals
Please! Call the doctor, I sighed. I was feeling weak. I thought I had what I understood to be symptoms of a stroke or heart attack. Weakness...
