The personal website of Fr. Matthew Charlesworth, S.J.

Welcome to this website. I am currently missioned to work at the Jesuit Institute and contribute to Spotlight.Africa, and care for the Jesuit Community in Johannesburg. I also teach part-time at St Augustine College.

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Thanksgiving is more than an American holiday

27 November 2020 - Sarah-Leah Pimentel

Thanksgiving is an annual holiday in the United States that brings together family and friends in a celebration of gratitude for the many blessings received. Sarah-Leah Pimentel argues that this holiday has a global dimension and adds that it provides an opportunity to reflect on the things for which we are grateful.

Thanksgiving is my favourite American holiday.

Sadly, the world seems to inherit the worst of American culture.

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Pope appoints new bishops for Rustenburg and Witbank dioceses

25 November 2020 - Matthew Charlesworth SJ

At noon today it was announced by the Holy See’s Press Office that the Holy Father Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Kevin Dowling, C.S.s.R. as Bishop of the Diocese of Rustenburg, and has appointed the Vicar-General of the Archdiocese of Pretoria, Fr. Robert Mogapi Mphiwe, to be the new Bishop of Rustenburg. At the same time, it was also announced that the current Bishop of Eshowe, Bishop Xolelo Thaddaeus Kumalo has been transferred to care for the Diocese of Witbank.

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Verse of the Day

St Ignatius Quotes

A superior ought to treat his subjects in such a way that they may be cheerful, free from sadness, and serve God with a serene mind.
St Ignatius
As far as possible give no foothold to sloth, the source of all evils.
St Ignatius
I care but little for the fear of slavery or death that you put before me: the only fear that troubles me is the fear of offending God.
St Ignatius
For correction to be of any use, either he who corrects must have authority, or he who is corrected proved love.
St Ignatius
In my heart I hear a music that has no words, a harmony that has no sound: yet so gladsome is what I hear that nothing in the world can be compared thereto.
St Ignatius