Hi Everyone:
As of this month a year will have passed since I’ve scripted some news on the OSA’s from the USA on our SA website. Life has a way of passing by as we go from daily matters that slide quickly into weeks and months before the realization of another passing year. If you haven’t […]
On June 14, 2006, I shared this talk with my brother Augustinians during our chapter gathering at Villanova, PA.
Please accept the souvenir elephants at your places as a reminder of our commitment in South Africa as well as our connectedness over the miles.
May the handout featuring our Augustinian volunteers be helpful in furthering our […]
Hello Everyone:
It has been awhile since my twentieth letter appeared on our South African website. Interesting events have occurred though not recorded sorry to say. It has been by and large the same ole, same ole of catching up on this and that, the usual line you’ve heard many times and may have […]
On Monday, Deacon Lawrence Mthethwa took time out of his busy schedule at the chancery to give me an interview, as I was interested in hearing more about the eerie events at our mission of a Zulu lady in her late twenties. There is no convincing Lawrence that we have a case other than […]
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On this morning’s walk back and forth on the church parking lot, which is nearly the length of a football field (though not nearly as wide), I happened upon an unusual sight. A night crawler was minding its own business making its way along the macadam surface when an army of ants began […]
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This morning I was up by 5:30, unlocking doors (12 of them), pulling blinds and drawing curtains to let the sunshine in. Yes, the sun was up already and shinning brightly too. When I unlocked the front door and looked out towards the main gate, to my surprise just inside the gate […]
Hi Everyone:
Yesterday, I had my first experience at participating in a Zulu funeral which took place in a hall easily accommodating four hundred people. The church near the home of the deceased was simply too small for those wishing to express their condolences. The service started at 9:00 a.m. and ended at 1:00 in […]
It may be of curiosity if not of interest that daylight starts early this time of year. Light is noticeable at 4:30 and the sun is up by five. Our turn of dark days will come in May, June & July, so I’m told.
I see from looking at the 2006 liturgical calendar we […]
Last Thursday Dr. Bob Moffitt (a general practitioner) and I set off for a 2:00 o’clock appointment with a government health minister, Ms. Busi Grootboom, at her Westville office, located a few miles west of Durban.
At two o’clock sharp we exchanged greetings in a waiting area and were promptly ushered into a spacious conference […]
Hi Everyone:
Arthur Rylance, one of our Saint Vincent de Paul members, happened by the front office the other day and so I beckoned him to come through the double set of doors into the “inner sanctum” for a chat. Arthur readily accepted the invitation and that’s what I’m going to tell you about, a […]