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“The world  and it’s people will not keep an account of your mistakes”, Fr Peter-John Pearson to Bishop Sylvester David

“The world and it’s people will not keep an account of your mistakes”, Fr Peter-John Pearson to Bishop Sylvester David

by Phuti Makgabo | Aug 29, 2019 | Clergy, Ikhanya News, News

REFLECTION OF FR PETER-JOHN PEARSON DURING THE SOLEMN VESPERS ON THE EVE OF BISHOP SYLVESTER DAVID OMI’S ORDINATION AS THE AUXILIARY BISHOP OF CAPE TOWN Solemn Vespers, St Mary’s Cathedral, CAPE TOWN. 23rd August, 2019 At the age of 5, he wrote a concerto for the...
Bishop José, “Pastors more concerned about the wool than the sheep may be reaching the conclusion of a fool”.

Bishop José, “Pastors more concerned about the wool than the sheep may be reaching the conclusion of a fool”.

by Phuti Makgabo | Aug 4, 2019 | Bishops' Homilies, Ikhanya News, News

  [responsivevoice voice=”UK English Male” buttontext=”Listen to this”] Yesterday evening, reflecting on today’s Gospel, just one word kept on coming back to me: fool! You see, it is fine if I say to myself: “how silly I am” after...
SECAM Golden Jubilee final message by SECAM President

SECAM Golden Jubilee final message by SECAM President

by Phuti Makgabo | Jul 31, 2019 | Ikhanya News, News

The 18th Plenary Assembly and Golden Jubilee of SECAM MESSAGE “That they may know Christ and have life in abundance” (Jn 17:3; 10:10). The celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) and its 18th Plenary...
The first Stigmatine from Msolwa Tanzania is ordained to Diaconate by Archbishop Dabula Mpako of Pretoria

The first Stigmatine from Msolwa Tanzania is ordained to Diaconate by Archbishop Dabula Mpako of Pretoria

by Phuti Makgabo | Jul 12, 2019 | News

Right in the rural of Kilosa you find the famous Gaspar Bertoni Secondary School, known as Msolwa Secondary School. The school is situated right in the small Msolwa village, of one the first homes of the Stigmatines in Tanzania. Established in 1994 Gaspar Bertoni...

The 13th Bishop Hans Brenninkmeijer Memorial Lecture – Delivered by Justice Yvonne Makgoro

by Phuti Makgabo | Jun 24, 2019 | Ikhanya News, News, Uncategorized

The 13th Bishop Hans Brenninkmeijer Memorial Lecture Date: Thursday 27 June 2019 at 14:30Venue: Holy Family College, 40 Oxford Road, JohannesburgRSVP: Email Hilda Chinyowa: hilda@cie.org.za or 011 433 1888 by 20 June 2019 Thinning the Line between Privilege and...
Renewal Program for SACBC Priests in Coolock House becomes successful

Renewal Program for SACBC Priests in Coolock House becomes successful

by Phuti Makgabo | Jun 13, 2019 | Clergy, Ikhanya News, News

“Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in the matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins” (Hebrews 5:1). Being chosen among men priests bear the same experience of what it is to be human. They strife for...
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