1951: When the Southern African Church Grew Up
70 years ago Pope Pius XII established the Southern African hierarchy. It was the moment the local Church grew up. Günther Simmermacher looks back. This year marks...
70 years ago Pope Pius XII established the Southern African hierarchy. It was the moment the local Church grew up. Günther Simmermacher looks back. This year marks...
Church / Mary & Joseph / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published February 7, 2021 · Last modified February 5, 2021
Question: Joseph took Mary and baby Jesus to Egypt when King Herod ordered the massacre of the Innocents. But how long did they stay in Egypt, and...
Christian Living / Church / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published January 25, 2021 · Last modified January 24, 2021
A moving story he heard at a friend’s funeral got Günther Simmermacher thinking about the corrosive effects of anger and bitterness. My friend Darryl, a teacher who...
Bishops / Church / Crisis / Death / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published January 17, 2021
In August Archbishop Abel Gabuza wrote a reflection on the coronavirus pandemic. “Let your half-full cup be the source of your strength, because it is not empty,...
Beyond the noise and bluster of those who make it their business to issue noise and bluster, we cannot blame the government for the qualified Alert Level...
Christmas / Church / Feast Days / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 27, 2020 · Last modified December 28, 2020
Günther Simmermacher looks at the life & times of the Holy Family The Bible is not generous with biographical detail about the Holy Family. We encounter Joseph,...
Biography of Hymns / Christmas / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 24, 2020 · Last modified December 13, 2020
Translated into 140 languages, it may be the most famous Christmas hymn in the world. Günther Simmermacher looks at the history of ‘Silent Night’.
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 24, 2020 · Last modified December 20, 2020
The Big Southern Cross Christmas Quiz – 50 questions to test your Christmas knowledge! Compiled by GüntherSimmermacher
Christian Living / Church / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 5, 2020 · Last modified November 28, 2020
The key to being a happy Catholic is quite simple: Place everything into God’s hands. With God everything is possible, and all suffering is eased by knowing...
Christian Living / Christmas / Church / Religious Art / Saints / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published December 1, 2020
Photographer Kristyn Brown has created portraits of saints using ordinary people as models. Günther Simmermacher interviewed the artist. One day her mother talked about a third-century martyr...
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published November 16, 2020 · Last modified November 17, 2020
On November 16, Dominican Father Emil Blaser died at the age of 78 after a long illness. Southern Cross editor GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER remembers his old friend. Today...
About us / Catholic Media / Church / Our New Magazine / Simmermacher
by Admin · Published September 18, 2020 · Last modified September 27, 2020
Next week the final edition of The Southern Cross as a weekly newspaper will appear, in digital format only, as it has been since lockdown began...
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