"On Sunday the 23rd of July we celebrate the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. This dayserves as a reminder of the valuable wisdom, experience, and love that older generations offer tosociety and the Church. This day we are offered the opportunity once again...

"The ad limina visit of the Bishops’ Conference has come and gone. The week in Rome just flew by with each day holding its own surprises and challenges," SACBC Secretary General Fr Hugh O'Connor June-2023-2Download

"The title ad limina is from the Latin ad limina apostolorum (“to the threshold of the apostles”). Every 5 years each Bishops’ Conference around the world is expected to make a trip to Rome to meet with the various departments and offices at the Vatican and then also...

"In the Christian tradition, Pentecost is the celebration, 50 days after the resurrection, of the person of the Holy Spirit coming upon the Apostles, Mary, and the first followers of Jesus, who were gathered in the Upper Room. It commemorates the sealing of the New...

"The Month of May has come upon us. This month is dedicated to Mary. As Catholics, we all have a devotion to Mary under one or other of her many titles. In this month the Church celebrates Mary three times in a special way on specific days." SACBC Secretary General Fr...

“Mother, formed from the depths beneath your heart, You know us from the inside out. No deeds or seas or others, could ever erase that.”  - John O’Donohue April 2023 (2) Easter Greetings to all the Foundation Friends and Benefactors I have been inspired by the three...

May 13, as I write this newsletter is the official Feast day of the Ascension. However here in South Africa we will celebrate the Ascension on Sunday. That leaves us free to celebrate as best we can the other feast day which is so important for this day, that of Our...

Greetings every one. Lent has come and gone and so has Easter. I trust everyone survived the different stages of lockdown, the long weekend and managed to meet with family and friends and perhaps managed to get to some of the Easter ceremonies. But now it is all...

Here we are in the month of March, autumn is round the corner. We are half way through Lent and half way to Easter. But before all that there are a few important days to remember in March. To begin, March 17, the feast of St. Patrick, a sacred day for all the Irish...

This sounds like a Clearance Sales promotion. But it’s not. It’s a reminder. February 28 is the last day of the 20/21 tax year. That means that any donation received before the 28th qualifies for a Section 18A tax rebate certificate for SARS. Any contribution received...