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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.

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The right to offend

18 July 2019 - Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya

Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya focuses on the dilemma of why the right to offend is so seldom exercised.

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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

God leads us by a twofold way: one, unknown because hidden, is taught by himself; the other he allows to be shown us by men.
St Ignatius
He who is sick may safely refrain from the tasks of those in good health, and be content to make up for them by equanimity and patience, without ruining his body by toil.
St Ignatius
The evils of vanity and vainglory arise from ignorance and blind self-love.
St Ignatius
The good hunter of souls ought to conceal many things as if he did not know them; afterward, when he is master of the will, he can bend the novice in virtue whither he lists.
St Ignatius
Those who have care of souls need nothing so much as courage, lest, while they are looking after others’ salvation, they endanger their own.
St Ignatius

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Today, the Feast of #OurLadyofMountCarmel, we contemplate the Virgin who stands beside the Cross of Christ. That is also the place of the Church: close to Christ.

In today's Gospel, Jesus proposes the Samaritan as a model. By loving his neighbor as himself, he demonstrates how to love God with one's whole heart, while at the same time expressing true religiosity and full humanity.

Today we celebrate #SeaSunday, dedicated to seafarers and fishermen. I pray for them and their families, and I encourage every effort to protect and safeguard their human rights.

Faith is a gift that keeps alive a profound and beautiful certainty: that we are God’s beloved children.

May God the Father welcome Vincent Lambert in His arms. Let us not build a civilization that discards persons those whose lives we no longer consider to be worthy of living: every life is valuable, always.

We pray for the sick who are abandoned and left to die. A society is human if it protects life, every life, from its beginning to its natural end, without choosing who is worthy to live or who is not. Doctors should serve life, not take it away.

“This is not just about migrants”, in the twofold sense that migrants are first of all human persons, and that they are the symbol of all those rejected by today’s globalized society. https://t.co/C3rLYrgCnB

On this sixth anniversary of the visit to Lampedusa, my thoughts go out to those “least ones” who daily cry out to the Lord, asking to be freed from the evils that afflict them. https://t.co/C3rLYqZ0Z1

In today's Gospel Jesus tells us of the real joy of his disciples: "Rejoice because your names are written in heaven" (Lk 10, 20), that is, in the heart of God the Father.

We need people and institutions that defend the dignity of workers, the dignity of work and the good of the earth, our common home. #CoopsDay

In difficult times, even more than in times of peace, the priority for believers is to be united to Jesus, our hope.

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Through your attention to the little ones and to the poor, you can kindle stars in the night for those who suffer.

The Bible is not just a beautiful book to keep on a shelf. It is the Word of life be sown, a gift that the Risen Jesus asks us to accept in order to have life in His name.

We all go through difficult days at times, but we must always remember that life is a grace. It is the miracle that God drew forth from nothing.

#StsPeterandPaul were transparent before God. Throughout life, they preserved this humility, to the very end. Both understood that holiness does not consist in exalting but rather humbling oneself.

Pray for all Priests and for my Petrine Ministry, that every pastoral action may be sealed with the love that Christ has for every person. #SanctificationOfPriests

Today we celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network. I invite you to pray with me to be united to the Heart of Jesus and to enter together into a mission of compassion for the world.

Jesus looks at us, loves us and awaits us. He is all heart and all mercy. Let us go with confidence to Jesus. He always forgives us. #SacredHeartofJesus

Blessed are those who believe and who have the courage to foster encounter and communion.

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