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Ons Katedraal
Our Cathedral
Die
huidige Katedraal is op 06 Augustus 1967, Die Fees van die
Verheerliking van Onse Here op die Berg Tabor, ingewy. Volg die skakel hierbo vir toegang tot 'n mini-webblad toegewy aan die Katedraal Parogie.
The
present Cathedral building was dedicated on 06 August 1967, The
Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord on Mount Tabor. Follow the link above for access to a mini-website dedicated to the Cathedral Parish.
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Ons Bisdom
Our Diocese
Die Bisdom Oudtshoorn, onder die beskerming van Die Onbevlekte Hart van Maria en ‘n Suffragane Bisdom van die Metropolitaanse Aartsbisdom Kaapstad, vorm deel van die Suider-Afrikaanse Katolieke Biskoppe Konferensie (SAKBK).
The Diocese of Oudtshoorn, under the patronage of The Immaculate Heart of Mary and a Suffragan Diocese of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Town, is part of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC).
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Untitled DocumentNews from around the Diocese, the Southern African and the Universal Church
Nuus vanuit die Bisdom, die Suider-Afrikaanse en die Universele Kerk
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 Bishop writes...
Oudtshoorn, 01 February 2012
The plenary session of the Bishops’ Conference concluded yesterday. A statement on abortion was issued coinciding with the 15th anniversary of the passing of the Termination of Pregnancy Act. The statement appears on this website and I encourage you to make it known as widely as possible [use the ShareThis link].
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Statement issued by Archbishop Buthi Tlhagale, OMI on behalf of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference Fifteen years have passed since abortion on demand was legalized in South Africa. Since then it is estimated that over one million unborn children were denied the most fundamental of rights, the right to life. We remember those one million babies. Those aborted fifteen years ago would now be in grade 9 or 10, bringing joy to their families and planning their own futures. Those whose lives were ‘terminated’ ten years ago would now be playing on the streets of our towns and villages in the evenings and singing and praying with us in our churches on Sunday. We regret that those children of God were denied the right to be born into God’s world and to enrich it with their own unique gifts and talents. We will never fully realize what we have missed because the law says “abortion is fine”.
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 South Africans are morally justified in opposing the Protection of State Information Bill because does it not serve the Common Good
We, the Catholic Church in Cape Town, strongly appeal to the National Council of Provinces to amend the Protection of State Information Bill (PSIB) in such a way as to bring it in line with our constitutional right to freedom of information.
As it stands
- 1. the Bill undermines our right to information, which right is vital for the full exercise of our numerous other human rights, and
- 2. the Bill violates the Constitution’s commitment to open and transparent government.
The Bill comprehensively protects the State Security Agency from public scrutiny because it allows the Agency itself to decide what it wishes to be kept secret. Any illegal activity by the Agency could therefore easily be hidden from scrutiny and from the legal process. Furthermore, the Bill gives the Minister of State Security too much power and allows the Minister to extend the right to classify information to virtually any State body, thereby increasing the chance that illegal activities will be hidden in the name of State Security.
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