Welcome to the Archdiocese of Cape Town

Cape Town is commonly known as the Mother City of South Africa, and is the first ecclesiastical territory to be established in Southern Africa (1818). You are most welcome to this website. It is hoped that it will inform you and provide you with any information you may require regarding this segment of the Catholic Church.
We also provide links to other websites which might interest you. If you require any information not included here, email us and we will do what we can to help.
If you have discovered this page by accident, you are especially welcome and we hope you will find it of some value and maybe help you to understand how the Catholic Church in Cape Town is trying to serve the community and so bring it closer to the Lord.

 

News & Events

A Dignified Debate about Dying

by Fr Anthony Egan SJ The hostility with which some religious conservatives attacked Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s views on assisted dying is saddening. Whether one agrees with the Arch or not, Tutu has put the important question back on the agenda. Tutu is not alone in this. In Britain, as proposed assisted dying legislation […]

Sex Abuse: Facing our Failures

Facing our failures Russell Pollitt SJ The sexual abuse crisis that rocked the Catholic Church worldwide has been one of the most disillusioning things I have had to face as a priest. It is a source of shame, anger and frustration for many Catholics who love the church. Since the crisis erupted in the USA […]

Marriage Encounter Mass

The Marriage Encounter community would like to invite you to a Thanksgiving Mass. [gview file=”http://adct.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/marriage-encounter-ad.pdf”]

The Broken Body

by John Moffat SJ ‘When I was a stranger you made me welcome’. This year at the end of Refugee week we celebrate the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ.  All around the Catholic world, parishes honour the real and life-giving presence of the risen and glorified body of Christ in our midst.  […]

Winter Living Theology 2014

Below are some pictures taken at the Winter Living Theology lectures at Schoenstatt, Cape Town, with Prof. Al Gini. Click on image to enlarge.  

Archdiocesan Health Care Association

Below are pictures taken at the Archdiocesan Catholic Health Care Association (ACHCA) meeting on 10 May 2014 at Nazareth House, Cape Town. Submitted by the association’s chaplain, Mgr Jock Baird.

Nurturing the Fruits of the Holy Spirit

by Frances Correia Fundamental to our Christian life is the reality that God is both interested in, and actively involved in, our lives.  Jesus came to tell us about God’s dream for the world: a dream that Jesus called ‘the kingdom of God’.  Our human task is to collaborate with the Holy Spirit to bring […]