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Accommodation

KOLBE HOUSE is the Catholic Centre and residence for the University of Cape Town. From mid-November to January the students’ rooms are available for holiday guests. We offer self-catering accommodation on our beautiful estate in Rondebosch. Our rates are very competitive.

We are near the university and there is secure parking on the premises. Short walks to shops, transport, etc. For details contact the warden on 021 685 7370 or 082 308 0080. Fax: 021 686 2342. E-mail address: kolbe.house@telkomsa.net. Address: Kolbe House, Grotto Road / PO Box 164 Rondebosch 7700.

See also Retreat Houses and Conference Centres and Hostels on our website for further specified accommodation options.

Books and Media

Catholic Spirituality and Prayer

Sacred Space – daily prayer online

Soul Provider

Centre for Action & Contemplation

 

Catholic News and Information
Catholic Church (General)

Holy See (Vatican)
Official news, information and sources about the Pope, the Vatican City State,
the Vatican Library and Museums, and the Roman Curia.

Online National Directory for Southern Africa

Order of Malta and the Brotherhood of Blessed Gerard

DIOCESES (with websites) in the SOUTHERN AFRICAN
CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE

Aliwal – catholic-aliwal.org
Dundee – catholic-dundee.org.za 
Durban 
– catholic-dbn.org.za
Eshowe – 
eshowe.org/
Francistown – 
svdbotswana.org/Botswana/vicariate.html
Gaborone – 
dioceseofgaborone.mariannhillmedia.org/
Johannesburg 
– catholic-johannesburg.org.za 
Keimoes-Upington 
– catholic-keimoes.org.za
Kokstad – catholickokstad.mariannhillmedia.org
Mariannhill – mariannhilldiocese.org.za
Mthatha – dioceseofmthatha.mariannhillmedia.org
Oudtshoorn
 – bisdomoudtshoorn.org 
Port Elizabeth
 – catholic-pe.co.za
Pretoria – archdioceseofpretoria.org.za
Queenstown – 
dioceseofqueenstown.mariannhillmedia.org/directory/
Umzimkulu
 – umzimkulu.org
Witbank – dioceseofwitbank.mariannhillmedia.org

Cape Town (General)


       Weather forecast for Cape Town

detailed Weather Forecast for Cape Town

City of Cape Town
Civic life of the City of Cape Town


Phone app for Cape Town train schedules and updates

Cape Town’s Integrated Rapid Transit/Bus System

Catholic Home Schooling

kolbe-logowww.kolbe.org – Kolbe Academy: a US site which provides a worldwide home school programme.

 

Seton-Top

www.setonhome.org – Seton Catholic Home Study School in the USA

 

Chaplaincies

 


Deutschsprachige Katholische Gemeinde am Kap

German-speaking Catholic Community of Cape Town.

Please also see other Chaplaincies on our website

General News and Information

Welfare and Development Programmes in Cape Town

Combatting poverty by growing food sustainably

Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office

Goedgedacht Rural Centre
Social development intervention programmes to alleviate the challenges of the rural poor

HIV Outreach Prevention Education


Empowering people through holistic development programmes

 

Mater Domini
Bringing hope to women in crisis pregnancy or suffering abuse

Home, Health and Happiness for every older person

Rural Development Support Programme helps build the capacity of rural communities in South Africa

Responding to the spiritual, emotional and educational needs of incarcerated offenders and their families, and to provide care and support during incarceration and after release for the social reintegration of offenders.

A lifeline for marriages

Offers development and welfare programmes to the migrant and local communities of Cape Town.

St Kizito Children’s Programme is a community-based response to the needs of orphans and vulnerable children