How To Make Things Right With Mary
The Church has dedicated the month of August 2019 to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Prof Michael Ogunu suggests various ways in which to make the devotion meaningful. A major theme in the message of...
Southern Africa's Catholic Weekly
Inspired by Father Ralph de Hahn!
Ron Maroun, Johannesburg – I was deeply inspired by Fr Ralph de Hahn reflection “Why the Sacred Heart of Jesus Matters” — so much so that I keep the article next to my bed,...
As We Celebrate 25 Years Of Marriage
On July 27 we celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary with family and friends at The Bridge wedding venue in Johannesburg. It was a great day to recall where we started, and also to renew our...
Women Speak to Women Event at Rivonia Parish in Johannesburg
Several speakers are lined up for a Women’s month event at Rivonia parish in Johannesburg on August 24. The event, hosted as a fundraiser by the parish’s Catholic Women’s League, takes as its theme,...
Healing Retreat at Good Shepherd Parish in Hartbeespoort
A parish in the archdiocese of Pretoria is offering a healing retreat weekend. The retreat from August 23-25 is offered by Good Shepherd parish in Meerhof, Hartbeespoort, at the Good Shepherd Retreat Centre. Led...
St Benedict’s Preprimary 100-Year-Olds!
The children of St Benedict School’s preprimary in Pinetown, Durban archdiocese, marked their 100th day at school by dressing up as 100-year-old people, counting out 100 cereal rings to thread and make a necklace,...
SA Bishop Hands Over Reins of Peace Movement
By Dennis Sadowski – Bishop Kevin Dowling of Rustenburg and Marie Dennis of Washington have handed over their co-presidency of Pax Christi International to a French bishop and a Kenyan Sister. They had led the...
Church Leaders Told: Get Out of the Sacristies
The president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has called on Church leaders to come out of the sacristies and be with the people who are left alone in desperate situations —...
In All Things, Charity
Catholics are prone to complain that they do not receive sufficient respect from those outside the Church, especially in the secular world. One reason for secular disregard for the Church is an incomprehension of...
Vatican Official: Church must be Prudent Judging Medjugorje Apparitions
By Sarah Mac Donald – Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, is a place of prayer, conversion and pilgrimage for millions of people, but the church must be prudent and not rush to any judgment on the alleged Marian...
Memories of My Dear Friend, Jean Vanier
Moira Gillmore, Durban – Jean Vanier, the founder of the L’Arche communities and Faith and Light, who died on May 7, and I became friends after he had visited South Africa in the...
Archbishop Wilton Gregory: You Cannot be a Catholic and Sit on the Sidelines
By Josephine von Dohlen – In a crowded bar, bustling with young adult Catholics from the Washington area for the monthly Theology on Tap, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory shared his pain over what this archdiocese...
