Fr Hugh O’Connor: Jesus is Stripped of his Clothes
A Lenten reflection by Fr Hugh O’Connor, the Secretary-General of SACBC.
Southern Africa's Catholic Magazine
Palm Sunday bombing at cathedral in Indonesia injures Catholics leaving Mass
A suspected suicide bomb attack targeted Catholics leaving a cathedral after Palm Sunday Mass on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi....
Locked-Down Church: Alone and Together
It is close to one year since our lives were turned upside down by Covid-19. Since last March, during various...
Church Bell Mystery Needs Solving
Rainer Bruchmann, Munich, Germany – I am researching the origins of certain bells that must have belonged to a Catholic...
Self-emptying, Humility & Love: Palm Sunday
Am I ready to triumphantly enter Jerusalem? Am I ready to die with Christ on Good Friday and rise with Christ on Easter? If it is yes, then it requires three aspects: Self-emptying, Humility, and Obedience
Palm Sunday Reflection
RE-ESPOUSING AND ANOINTING Palm Sunday – 2021 (Mark 11:1-10) The gathering of the great crowds, singing together, processing together, in...
History in Colour: May 1932
A snapshot from the past, colourised exclusively for The Southern Cross Today is the 27th anniversary of the death of...
Mass Readings: 28 March – 4 April, 2021
Liturgical Calendar Year B – Weekday Cycle Year 1 Sunday 28 March, Palm Sunday Isaiah 50:4-7, Psalms 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20,23-24,...
The Society of Jesus joyfully announces the formation of a new Southern Africa Province
Today Fr General Arturo Sosa, the Superior-General of the Jesuits in Rome, suppresses the Region of South Africa and the...
