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From our Mission Postbag
From our Mission Postbag We wish that we could share everything that comes into our postbag, but here are just a few examples. Message from Cardinal Napier especially for the children Your letters telling me about your life, families and friends, also often enclose...
Possible Beatification for Southern Africa
Possible Beatification for Southern Africa Benedict Daswa was not of the Zulu tribe, nor a member of our Archdiocese. But he was a devout Catholic who died at the hands of a mob for refusing to contribute towards, or take part in a witch hunt, because of his faith....
Cardinal joins prayers for peace at city mosque
Cardinal joins prayers for peace at city mosque On Friday 25 July, before the start of a protest march through the streets of Durban, Cardinal Wilfrid Napier visited a city Mosque during Friday prayers, where he delivered a message of peace, and urged religious...
Emmanuel Cathedral – Seat of the Zulu Missions and Home of the City’s Poor
Emmanuel Cathedral - Seat of the Zulu Missions and Home of the City's Poor Our Emmanuel Cathedral can rightly be called an inner-city mission. The meaning of Emmanuel is ‘God is with us’ – and so are the poor. The Cathedral community is a vibrant and diverse one. The...
Kwa Thintwa Today
The origin of Kwa Thintwa School for the Deaf has recently been commemorated by the unveiling of a new statue of Archbishop Denis Hurley and his ‘co-founder’ – a small Zulu boy named Henry Bekeni Dube.
A Summer Holiday to Remember
A Summer Holiday to Remember If the holiday season is a time of loving and giving, you gave from the heart at the end of last year. Thank you. You helped to secure Ernestine’s holiday feeding programme at Bethlehem mission. The children didn’t go hungry, as could so...
The Inner City is Also a Missionary Field
The Inner City is Also a Missionary Field Whilst the new community centre is being built, Emmanuel Cathedral’s outreach projects are scattered in temporary homes within the general area. Nkosinathi (God is with us) This project opens its doors to welcome the poorest...
An African Saint
An African Saint Born in what is now known as South Sudan (Darfur), Josephine Bakhita was playing in the fields near her home when she was kidnapped by slave traders. She was nine years old. When she was first captured, she wouldn't speak, not even to say her name....
27 teenagers Confirmed
27 teenagers Confirmed On Sunday 2 February 2014, 27 teenagers were Confirmed at the parish of the Immaculate Conception in Pinetown. Celebrating the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord, His Eminence, Cardinal Wilfred Napier conferred the Sacrament of the Holy...
Cardinal Napier meets Vassula Ryden
Cardinal Napier meets Vassula Ryden In May controversial 'messenger of God' Vassula Ryden visited Durban where she spoke to a number of groups. Because some of the following questions were being asked about her – whether her 'revelations' are regarded as genuine;...
Taking the Gospel behind bars
Most people in prison are there as punishment for wrongdoing, and tragically some are there for a crime that they didn’t commit. The punishment of prison is not limited only to being locked up. Conditions are often poor, there is brutality from fellow inmates, and...
RIP Sr Marion Millane
It is with sadness that we announce the death of Sr Marion Millane on 15 September 2026. She was 87 years old.
A member of the Holy Family Sisters, Sr Marion was inspired by the late Archbishop Dennis Hurley to leave her home in Ireland and come to South Africa to serve as a missionary.