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The Faith Delusion?
CDs from Winter Living Theology 2013 ‘The Faith Delusion?’ with John Moffatt SJ Last year Fr John Moffatt travelled five cities across South Africa helping people to explain faith in the face of reason. His lectures were deep and insightful and were not afraid to tackle difficult topics such as evolution, science, revelation, and conflicts between Church teaching and modern […]
Newsletter from Archbishop Brislin
No. 2 of 2014 [gview file=”http://adct.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-45a.pdf”]
Year of the Deacon
Pray for your deacons. Download, and print the pdf (through Adobe Acrobat Reader), and insert in your daily missal or prayer book. [gview file=”http://adct.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Untitled-61.pdf”]
Ecclesia – Brave New Church
Announcing a new season of Ecclesia
‘Our’ Girls
‘Our’ girls by Raymond Perrier. It is not surprising that, the world over, people are concerned about the 230 teenage girls abducted in Northern Nigeria. Although this incident has happened tens of thousands of miles away from the centres of economic and media power, everyone from Michelle Obama to girls in South African schools have been […]
Archdiocesan News
HOT OFF THE PRESS! Edition 2 of 2014. Top stories: Archbishop meets Pope Francis; All about our website; Bishops’ Ad Limina visit; Year of the Deacon; Vocations; St Teresa of Avila launch; Farewell to Archbishop Henry; Ecclesia: Brave New Church; and much, much more! This edition has been uploaded as two sections: pages 1-6 and […]
Vocations Sunday
This Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 11, 2014, the Church marks the 51st World Day of Prayer for Vocations. The Holy Father has released a Message on the theme ‘Vocations, Witness to the Truth’, which is available on the Vatican website. In his Message, Pope Francis states: ‘God follows the work of his hands with […]
20 Years of Democracy
Joint Pastoral Letter of the Bishops of the SACBC (Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference) and Leadership Conference on Consecrated Life [gview file=”http://adct.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/the-people-of-god-20-years-of-democracy.pdf”]
Your Guide to the Elections 2014
How to cast your vote – based on Catholic Social Teaching – a guide to making moral choices Brought to you by the Justice & Peace Commission – Research by the the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office [gview file=”http://adct.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/JP-booklet-2014.pdf”]
Winter Living Theology 2014 update
WINTER LIVING THEOLOGY 2014 Co-ordinated by the Jesuit Institute A three-day course for priests, religious and interested lay people to explore the philosophy and theology of leadership. Today, 20 years after liberation, in the aftermath of the death of Nelson Mandela, and in the wake of the 2014 elections, South Africans are still asking about […]
Human Trafficking Conference at the Vatican
Archbishop Stephen Brislin and Fr Peter John Pearson (director of the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office) participated in the ‘Combating Human Trafficking’ Conference held at the Vatican on 9-10 April 2014. Below are some pictures of the Conference. To see further pics please go to Catholic Church of England and Wales Flickr page (Images: ©Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk). For detailed information on […]
Procession of Witness speech
Below is a link to Archbishop Thabo Makgoba’s Procession of Witness speech at Parliament on Saturday 19 April 2014. http://archbishop.anglicanchurchsa.org/2014/04/archbishop-thabo-makgobas-address-to.html