by danvdb | Sep 3, 2026 | Uncategorized, Bishops Foundation Newsletter
Season of Creation. The Season of Creation is an annual ecumenical period of prayer, reflection, and action to care for the natural world and protect the environment. It takes place every year from September 1 to October 4. The tradition began in 1989 when Ecumenical...
by danvdb | Aug 19, 2026 | Bishops Foundation Newsletter
Feast of the Assumption On the 15th of August we celebrated the Feast of the Assumption. Mary under the title Assumed into Heaven is the Patroness of South Africa. The Assumption was defined as an infallible dogma by Pope Pius XII in 1950—using a combination of Sacred...
by danvdb | Jul 10, 2026 | Bishops Foundation Newsletter
Dear Friends Archbishop Sipuka receives the pallium On the Feast of Ss Peter and Paul (29 June) all the new Archbishops from around the world gathered in Rome to receive their palliums from Pope Leo XIV among them was Archbishop Sithembele Sipuka, Archbishop of Cape...
by danvdb | Jun 26, 2026 | Bishops Foundation Newsletter
Dear Friends In Defence of Human Dignity, Justice, and Fraternity As the 30 June 2026 deadline for all undocumented foreigners to leave South Africa approaches, we appeal for calm and urge all those involved in antimigration protests to refrain from violence against...
by danvdb | Jun 9, 2026 | Bishops Foundation Newsletter
On Sunday June the 7th, Pope Leo XIV presided over a historic, open-air Eucharistic celebration and Corpus Christi procession in Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid. The Mass was a cornerstone event of the pontiff’s week-long apostolic journey to Spain. Over a million...
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