July 2009
Vocations
If you believe that God is calling you to the Jesuit way of life please e-mail our Regional Vocations Director at SA-RegVoc@sj.org.za, or visit our Province Vocations Website or speak to a Jesuit in the area near you.
Below you will find an excerpt of a video about the Province's work. This part is particularly focused on our work in South Africa that we are involved in, other than what we do at the Institute.
New directions for the Church in South Africa?
By Anthony Egan SJ, on 27 July 2009.At a recent academic conference of theological societies in Stellenbosch that I attended, a number of findings emerged that deserve some thought. The most striking was the fact that Christianity in South Africa is rapidly going Pentecostal, whether in its European-North American or African Initiated Church forms.
Michael Jackson R.I.P.-off
By Peter Knox SJ, on 27 July 2009.I have been completely amazed at the media attention surrounding Michael Jackson's death and puzzled at the public outpouring of grief.
Why do we pray?
By Frances Correia, on 27 July 2009.I have been in one of those bad spaces in my life lately where things just keep going wrong.
Caritas in Veritate: A new way of economic life
By Anthony Egan SJ, on 27 July 2009.Pope Benedict XVI’s new social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate [Charity/Love in Truth] is a challenge to the way we think about economics. Drawing on the riches of Catholic Social Thought, particularly that of Pope Paul VI, he proposes a new approach to integral human and economic development based on the principles of solidarity and subsidiarity.
