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		<title>Vocations and Easter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader, Every year, vocations Sunday is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Easter (this year on April 26) as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>St Patrick: From Slave to Apostle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 04:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On March 17, much of the world turns green to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. Günther Simmermacher looks at the life [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Cape Town Archbishop Calls For Unity and Prophetic Courage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 11:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Newly-installed Archbishop Sithembele Sipuka of Cape Town has pledged to serve the people of the archdiocese with humility, openness and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Book Review: That They May Have Life edited by Fr Larry Kaufmann CSsR</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gunther Simmermacher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE, edited by Fr Larry Kaufmann CSsR. Redemptorist Pastoral Publications, Merrivale (2025). 64pp In the 18th [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Caring for Our Mental Health as Church</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gunther Simmermacher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Deacon Ed Shoener’s ministry is centred around serving those with mental health issues — and encouraging parishes to share in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Music, Love and Jubilee</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gunther Simmermacher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 03:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader, On our cover this month we meet a young stage actress and singer who tells us about her [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>10 Years after Beatification: How is the Daswa Sainthood Cause Going?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gunther Simmermacher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 03:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, the South African Church rejoiced as Bl Benedict Daswa was beatified. A decade later, Günther Simmermacher asked [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shrines around the World: Our Lady of Charity of Cobre, Cuba</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gunther Simmermacher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 03:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where’s that: In eastern Cuba, near the city of Santiago Our Lady’s connection: Miraculous statue of Our Lady Every year [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>75 years ago, the South African Church grew up</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gunther Simmermacher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 03:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This month it is 75 years ago since Pope Pius XII established the Southern African Hierarchy, a momentous event which [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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