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Schoolyard violence is a mirror of our society

11 October 2019 - Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya

A disturbing number of schoolyard murders and other acts of violence have shocked South Africa in the last week. Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya argues that given the celebration of violence and toxic masculinity in the entertainment industry, we should not be shocked that schools are scenes of the violence we have seen. The Church’s voice needs to be louder and heard before the damage is done. A few weeks ago, coaches of two local football teams, Cape Town City and Orlando Pirates, […]

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Durban Vicar General named president of US Theology school

30 October 2018 - Matthew Charlesworth SJ

Fr Sylvester David OMI has been appointed to lead the Oblate School of Theology in the USA. He will be the first African to hold the top post at the US institution. Matthew Charlesworth SJ spoke to him ahead of his move to the USA to take up this important work. Fr Sylvester David OMI has been appointed President of the Oblate School of Theology (OST) in San Antonio, Texas, USA. David, at present the Vicar General of the Archdiocese […]

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St Ignatius Quotes

You will be helped more in procuring another man’s salvation by meekness and humility than by authority; and you will gain your end sooner by yielding than by fighting.
St Ignatius
Those who obey with the will alone, while their reason is still unsubdued, walk lamely in the religious life.
St Ignatius
Never say or do anything until you have asked yourself whether it will be pleasing to God, good for yourself, and edifying to your neighbour.
St Ignatius
If we were to die now, what would happen to us? What account should we give of the many riches, graces, and companions left to perish through our means?
St Ignatius
All of us are bound by a common obligation to rejoice in the good and profit of God’s image, which he redeemed with the precious Blood of his only begotten Son.
St Ignatius