Paraclete - Anglican Catholic Church of South Africa: Religion in , Nationwide

Have you noticed? Most of the commercials in our newspapers, T.V. ads, and junk mail no longer refer to the coming season as ’Christmas’ but rather as ‘the holidays?’ Of course, if the ads were an attempt not to offend anyone, there might be some merit in it. But the festivals of other faiths such...

Daily life for Julia Matokotsi of Harankopane in Qwa-Qwa near the Free State town of Harrismith has been a blurry battle for all of her 54 years. As a young girl it was impossible for her to run around and play with friends because she would have tripped over any rocks or stones at her...

Bishop Alan made his annual visit to the parishes and missions in the Free State from the 8th to the 12th September.  Flying first to Bloemfontein he then drove to the township of Botshabelo, about 47 km from the airport, where he inspected the Church site on which had been erected a "shack church",  built...

At 2am on the 18th July a fire started in a neighbour's house and spread to Bavumeleni Khaya. The building was completely gutted, together with furniture, appliances, bedding, personal possessions etc.  Little Lisakhanya Jacob Bongco, who was only 20 months, old perished in the fire, although he was one of the first children taken to...

I have very sad news to impart - we had a phone call in the early hours of this morning from Miriam Toni to say that the orphanage, Bavumeleni Khaya, had burnt down and that one child, Jacob Toni, had died in the blaze.  The fire had apparently spread from a neighbouring house, everything was destroyed in...