Annual General Meeting 2014

The Southern African Council of Priests held its Annual General Meeting at the St Luke's Retreat Centre in the Diocese of Port Elizabeth from the 22 - 26 September 2014.

The meeting was a great success and the executive committee thanked all the delegates for their extremely valuable suggestions and contributions.

Among the delegates was the Rt Rev Bishop Pius Mlungisi Dlungwane of Marianhill (right)


More Pictures in the Gallery

New Media Workshop

10482006 848647151826138 888238152640014824 o 10648962 848647058492814 8438485238444979543 o One of the highlights ofthe AGM was a three hour workshop on the New Media and the New Evangelisation, presented in association with the Communications Secretariat (Fr S'Milo Mngadi - right) of the South African Catholic Bishops' Conference by Frank Nunan (left) of SA Catholic Online.
The workshop looked at the Church and the Internet - a background on how the Church has interacted with and used the the internet since its inception, the Parish and the Internet - a look at how the Parish can use the internet for communications and, outreach and evangelisation. There was also a brief discussion on the increasing use of Apps in the Church.

DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION HERE

Tips For Priests

Here is a fun and useful…

Tip For Priests!

You have all heard about some poor priest whose phone erupts during Mass or in the confessional. By “erupt”, I mean Father forgot either to leave the phone in the sacristy (best) or to switch off the ringer (acceptable). The only thing that makes the phone going off (usually a mistake) worse is when he answers!
That said, I was in car with a priest friend recently and, … I heard coughing.
There is nothing unusual about coughing, for priests do, occasionally, cough.
The coughing was coming neither from me nor my priest friend at the wheel.
No, there wasn’t anyone hiding in the backseat.
Father explained that sound was his ringtone. One cough for a text message, extended coughing for a call.
He added that this cough-tone had saved him more than once while saying Mass.
I offer this tip, to my brother priests (and maybe a bishop or two).

With thanks to Fr Z.