It’s taken time – but it’s happened

It’s taken time – but it’s happened

Cast your mind back to 2017 when Cardinal Napier asked you to help build a new church at Cornfields to replace a mud building with crumbling walls and windows that no longer closed.  

It can be a surprise!

It can be a surprise!

We go through life accumulating assets – property, material items and money in the bank. Somehow, this accumulation can go unnoticed, until we sit down to draw up, or update, our Will.

This year’s Ntshongweni Pilgrimage

This year’s Ntshongweni Pilgrimage

In 1938, Missionary priest, Father Wagner, built a church at Ntshongweni – one of the 15 outstations established by father Pfister OMI in 1934. The building materials came by rail to Ntshongweni station, and local people helped to carry it on their heads to the top of the hill where the Mission stands.

You made it a Christmas of blessings – thank you

You made it a Christmas of blessings – thank you

Again, friends like you stepped in to provide Christmas “Basins of Blessings” for families in dire need. Your gift was nourishing food items – not wrapped in bright paper to be thrown away, but in a basin of continued usefulness.

Thanks and appreciation from Archbishop Jwara

Thanks and appreciation from Archbishop Jwara

Thanks and appreciation from Archbishop Jwara The floods that overtook our province brought pain to many communities. And sincere thanks are due to everyone who responded to the critical need. Caritas Durban distributed the food, clothing, supermarket vouchers and...
Taking your caring to the place of care

Taking your caring to the place of care

Taking your caring to the place of care Sukumawenza (meaning ‘the place of care’) Hospice at Inanda was one of the Archdiocese projects badly affected by the floods in July. An investigation into what help might be needed revealed more than damaged infrastructure...
Important information to help you send your gifts online

Important information to help you send your gifts online

Important information to help you send your gifts online In order to prevent fraud, the South African authorities now require all Internet transactions to be ‘3D secure’. If your card is not already enrolled for 3D, you’ll need to have this enabled...
Archbishop Jwara’s formative homeground – Mariannhill Diocese

Archbishop Jwara’s formative homeground – Mariannhill Diocese

Archbishop Jwara’s formative homeground – Mariannhill Diocese Siegfried Mandla Jwara was born into the Mariannhill Diocese and this is where he spent his formative years of faith. Perhaps you’d like to know a little more about Mariannhill. The story...