The Meaning of Easter

The Meaning of Easter

The Meaning of Easter Your sacrificial Easter gifts to the Zulu Missions are so greatly appreciated. And you were especially in our hearts and thoughts as we prayed for your special intentions, not only at the joyous Easter masses, but also on Good Friday, and Holy...
Free Learning and Development at the Denis Hurley Centre

Free Learning and Development at the Denis Hurley Centre

Free Learning and Development at the Denis Hurley Centre The late Archbishop Denis Hurley was a man of great compassion for the poor. And he would be well pleased by what is happening at the outreach Centre named for him. The mission of the Denis Hurley Centre is to...
Carrying the cross of illness

Carrying the cross of illness

Carrying the cross of illness Illness can come to any of us at any time. And many of our Mission friends write to ask for prayers for a family member or friend, and for themselves as they carry the cross of illness, very frequently the illness of cancer. Praying for...
When your nearest and dearest have been provided for …

When your nearest and dearest have been provided for …

When your nearest and dearest have been provided for … There’s more than one reason to ensure that everyone has a valid Will and that it’s kept up to date. Assets, both financial and material, come from the work of a lifetime, so ensuring what...
Mural for outreach clinic

Mural for outreach clinic

Cheerful mural for outreach clinic The Denis Hurley Centre outreach clinic at Dalton now has a beautiful mural to provide a colourful visual oasis for patients. Designed and painted jointly by artists Giffy Duminy, Mookie Chapman and Sphephelo Mnguni with help from...
Sung Mass in honour of Cardinal Napier

Sung Mass in honour of Cardinal Napier

Sung Mass in honour of Cardinal Napier On Saturday 14 April, the usual 5.30pm Mass at the Emmanuel Cathedral will resound with the voices of the Durban Chamber Choir performing the stunning Monteverdi Mass for 4 voices. This is a unique opportunity to hear music...
Good Friday service in Durban

Good Friday service in Durban

Good Friday Service in Durban The annual Diakonia Council of Churches ecumenical Good Friday service takes place at dawn on Friday 30 March, starting at the Durban Exhibition Centre (DEC) before processing – in silence – through the streets of the city, to the Durban...
Helping visitors see with the eyes of faith

Helping visitors see with the eyes of faith

Thembi explains the highlights of the Hurley Exhibition at the DHC to a group of learners from St Benedict’s in Pinetown. (Photo: Sithembiso Shoba) Helping visitors see with the eyes of faith 34 year old Thembi lost his sight at a young age. But that does not...
Thank you for the blankets

Thank you for the blankets

Thank you for the blankets Another winter was made bearable on the Missions by the blankets to you helped us to distribute the poorest parishioners and others in their community. ‘Thank you’ – not only for the warmth that your blankets provided, but also for the...

Mission Patrons – who are they?

Mission Patrons – who are they? Mission Patrons are a group of Zulu Mission supporters who commit – above their general donations – to giving one large annual gift. These donations go to meet a different significant need each year, particularly a need for which...