News & Events
Press Statement on SA’s Leadership
OUR LEADERSHIP: “JUDGED BECAUSE OF THEIR VANITY” 6 April 2016 The Jesuit Institute strongly condemns the way South Africa’s leadership has sacrificed “a better life for all” on the altar of selfishness, greed, ego, hypocrisy and dishonesty. What happened in Parliament on Tuesday shows that corruption, like a drug, has colonized the minds of our leadership […]
Archbishop Brislin’s Chrism Mass Homily
After the 2015 Synod on the family, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Archbishop of Washington DC, gave a press interview in which he spoke of the way in which the Synod was conducted and the open participation that was evident. He said that we are moving away from a Church of legalism to a Church of […]
SACBC Statement on the Gupta/Jonas affair
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Annual inter-Catholic Athletics meeting for Primary Schools
The Annual Inter-Catholic Athletics Meeting for Primary Schools was held on 15 March at the Green Point Athletics Track. Thirty-two schools participated, including five from the Diocese of Oudtshoorn. The Archbishop opened the event and awarded the medals to the U8 sprinters.
The ANC can and must act for the Common Good
The African National Congress (ANC) has historically shown leadership in challenging times. In the early 90’s the leadership of the ANC courageously took the steps needed to bring South Africa back from the brink of civil war. Now, more than ever since then, the ANC needs to courageously steer the country through a mounting crisis: […]
Archdiocesan Directory 2016
2016 ARCHDIOCESAN DIRECTORY now available from the Catholic Bookshop (021 465 5904). Only R100. Contains contact details for all things Catholic in the Archdiocese of Cape Town: Administration; Chaplaincies; Development and Educational Programmes; Homes; Bookshops; Priests & Deacons’ contact details; Religious of the Archdiocese; Detailed parish section; Mass times throughout the Archdiocese; Catechetics Co-ordinators; Schools; […]
Catechetical Co-ordinators’ Meeting
Below are some pictures from the Catechetical Co-ordinators’ Meeting held at St Ignatius on Saturday 20 February 2016. We were very happy to have over 70 co-ordinators from about 38 parishes attend the meeting.
SPOTLIGHT ON ACCOUNTABILITY
It’s strange, watching a film based on events of which you were part, however peripherally. The film Spotlight has that effect on me: I was in Boston the year the Boston Globe newspaper revealed the extensive cover-up by Church authorities of child-abusing priests in the archdiocese. With minimal sensationalism Spotlight tells the story of how […]
Year of Mercy Confession Times
In order to encourage people to go to Confession during this Year of Mercy, below is a list of Confession times in all the parishes of the Archdiocese of Cape Town, ordered alphabetically according to Parish. Should you require contact or address details, just click on this link and it will take you to a listing […]
Archdiocesan News 1 of 2016
Hot off the Press! In this issue read all about celebrating the Jubilee Year of Mercy in our Archdiocese and the places of pilgrimage; News from our Catholic Youth Chaplaincy; a word From the Heart of Archbishop Brislin; Training Courses; a story from Fr Ralph de Hahn; Ordinations to the Priesthood and Permanent Diaconate; “Live […]
Panorama Video of St Mary’s Cathedral
Enjoy this panorama video of St Mary’s Cathedral, Cape Town. It is a 360VR pic. Click the full screen button on the picture (rhs button), then with the mouse pointer on the picture, press left mouse button down and drag left, right, up and down.
Satan’s Playground
By Fr Russell Pollitt, S.J. I am a ‘white’ South African. I am angry. I am disillusioned. I cannot believe that one stupid, senseless, racist fool could throw a country backwards, into a vicious circle of despair, because she splashed her bigoted, undignified and racist views on Facebook. It’s utterly unacceptable. Penny Sparrow’s racist comment […]