by Phuti Makgabo | Aug 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
The collection in 2021 for the Bishops’ Lenten Appeal is about 49% of what was collected 2019. However with only 4 weeks of the Bishops’ Lenten Appeal collection and only a 50% capacity in parish attendance, the total sum of R 4 833 492, 94 was raised. (Please...
by Phuti Makgabo | Aug 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
My dear brothers and sisters, Perhaps some of you may wonder: why does the Bishop write a pastoral letter on the safeguarding of creation? Are there no more important issues to address? It may sound as something new to many of us but the present reality, many people...
by Phuti Makgabo | Aug 19, 2021 | Marriage and Family, Uncategorized
While the statistics on marriage and family wellness may not be so encouraging nowadays, there are still marriages and families that are a shining example of hope; of what can be achieved. This is despite the problems and challenges they come across. Some marriages...
by Phuti Makgabo | Aug 13, 2021 | Featured, Uncategorized
The Vatican News has reported that, “Pope Francis has made a donation of two portable ventilators with stands, ten boxes of surgical masks, 10 boxes of N95 masks and pulse monitors to Good Shepherd Catholic Hospital in Siteki, Eswatini, to support ongoing...
by Phuti Makgabo | Aug 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
The SACBC in the recent August Plenary appointed Archbishop Buti Tlhagale, the Archbishop of Johannesburg, as its spokesperson until the elections in January 2022. Archbishop Tlhagale was the President of SACBC from 2007 to 2013, having served before as the Secretary...
by Phuti Makgabo | Aug 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
You may recall that last year, at the same time as the April lock-down, there was an enquiry addressed to us in regard to the celebration of the extra-ordinary form of the Roman Rite. This Motu Propio concludes that survey. Pope Francis has issued an urgent call to...
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