The Jesuit Institute is dedicated to encouraging debate on current social issues from a faith perspective and to stimulating critical reflection, research and dialogue. We provide reflection on, and critical analysis of, contemporary social and religious issues from a Catholic perspective. Expanding Horizons is a bi-weekly podcast from the Jesuit Institute. A new episode will be released on the first and third Thursday of the month. It aims to bring you candid conversations between passionat ...
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WLT 2018 - 1 of 6 - What is "Racism?" Why Is It So Difficult to Talk about?
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Winter Living Theology 2018Racial Justice and the Demands of Discipleshippresented by Rev Fr Bryan Massingale.Lecture 1 of 6Introduction and Overview: What is "Racism?"Why Is It So Difficult to Talk about?By Jesuit Institute South Africa
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John Wotherspoon on drug mules, corruption and prison ministry
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Gail Fowler & Günther Simmermacher on leading pilgrimages, love of the Holy Land and deepening faith
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“If you go on pilgrimage and you experience what you experience specifically… and I always talk about the Holy Land. You give people the hope that your faith is still that strong and that it still exists. When they read that Gospel in church, you go back and you see it and you experience the Gospel. The Gospel comes alive.”Russell Pollitt SJ, talks…
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Cardinal Wilfrid Napier on his book, his life and being a bishop
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Günther Simmermacher on Catholic media, being an editor and 100 years of The Southern Cross
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“Above everything else, I’m a Catholic as Günther Simmermacher but I am also a professional journalist. As a journalist, it is not my job to do PR for the bishops or the Vatican. I have to reflect truthfully and fairly what is happening.”Next year, South Africa’s Catholic weekly The Southern Cross celebrates 100 years of publication. Günther Simmer…
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Joanne Joseph on gender-based violence, the systemic issues and the struggle for justice
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“We’ve got this great Constitution, it certainly prohibits any form of violence. But when we step inside of our homes, many of us leave that constitution behind and we subscribe to a set of values determined by a religion. Most religions are made in this patriarchal mould. So you have got women across religions and cultures having to grapple with t…
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Laurence Freeman OSB on Christian meditation and the revolution of contemplative living
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Fr Laurence Freeman OSB is a Benedictine monk and a teacher of Christian meditation. He’s the author of several books on the topic and has been involved in the World Community for Christian Meditation since 1980.By Jesuit Institute South Africa
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Jean Bwasa on migration, human rights and xenophobia
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“We need to work together! Politicians need to put their positions aside and come together as a united front! Julius Malema, Cyril Ramaphosa, Musi Maimane… let’s hold hands, walk in the streets of Johannesburg and bring the citizens together.”Jean Bwasa is a husband and a father of four children. Originally from the DRC, he is a pan-Africanist, a m…
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Nina Neubauer on working with children, single parenting and leaps of faith
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“All of our children come from the Department of Social Development and they’ve either been abandoned, removed or orphaned. They’ve all experienced trauma and loss. We’ve had babies that were 4 days old, 5 days old, wrapped in tinfoil, found in a field…”Nina Neubauer is a German-American volunteer and missionary. In the past eight years, she has se…
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Janine Scott-dos Santos on raising a child with Autism, the fight for inclusion and family
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“The Church should be about community. The Church should be about inclusion. Often in the Church there seems to be quite a territorial sentiment about some of these things. When we are so territorial about something we think that we’re seeking to make it perfect, but actually, it starts to exclude and the Church is not an exclusive club!”Janine Sco…
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Professor J. Patrick Hornbeck II on the sexual abuse crisis, power and sexuality in the Church
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“Our conversation today has been pushing in the direction of seeing this as a horrific symptom of a much deeper illness. The way in which we talk about sex in the Church, the way we talk about power in the Church and maybe even more than the ways we talk about these things… the way that we live them out.”J. Patrick Hornbeck II is Professor and Chai…
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Judy Klipin on life coaching, burnout and her new book
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Judy Klipin is a Martha Beck certified Master Life Coach, she offers individual, group and corporate coaching and workshops. She is the author of Recover from Burnout. Burnout wreaks havoc in multiple areas of our lives, as she herself discovered from personal experience.Russell Pollitt SJ talks to Judy about life coaching, burnout and her new book…
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Vaughn Lucas talks about his life as a father, actor and Christian
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“I want my boys to understand that a real man needs to be first and foremost respectful of every single other human being out there, irrelevant of their point of view, their gender, their sexual orientation. That is something they have to give instantaneously. It’s respect.”Vaughn Lucas is the father of two boys, a South African voice-over artist a…
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Nicole Dickson on the Institute for Creative Conversation, narrative therapy and her PhD research
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Nicole Dickson is co-creator and leader of the Institute for Creative Conversation (I4CC), an NPO, which explores ways to weave narrative practices and pastoral theology into a meaningful ‘Narrative of Care’. The Institute attempts to help people grapple with the stories that have shaped their lives and therefore their sense of well-being and ident…
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Ursula Chikane on life beyond Top Billing glitz and glam and her Catholic faith
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“Seeing the state of some of the people in our country and what the Top Billing lifestyle means to them — the inauthenticity of it — and I did play a huge role in it. And I feel badly. I know a lot of people will go, ‘Oh please, it’s not that deep.’ But, they haven’t walked my shoes and seen the results of it.”Ursula Chikane is a celebrated South A…
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Sr Judy Coyle IHM on women’s ministry in the Catholic Church
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Judy Coyle IHM has had extensive experience of being a pastoral worker in both the USA and South Africa. She holds a doctoral degree in theology and has taught liturgy and spirituality for many years at various academic institutions. She believes that the role of women, especially in ministry, needs to be urgently addressed in the Catholic Church. …
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John Clarke on saving S.A.’s Wild Coast, and Catholic Social Teaching
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John Clarke is a social worker, social justice activist and Catholic. Over the past 17 years, John has been passionate about protecting and sustaining the people and the ecology of South Africa’s Wild Coast. Having worked for a variety of eclectic organisations – from the IEC to WHO – he now supports the Amadiba community near Xolobeni. The story s…
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Michele de Klerk — a divorced, gay, Catholic mother speaks
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Michele de Klerk served as a full-time paid lay youth coordinator at her parish in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2017, she was finally able to recognise, admit and confront the truth that she is gay.The journey towards accepting her sexuality — as a Catholic, divorcee and mother — has been a struggle. It leaves her wrestling with God and the Churc…
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Peter-John Pearson on Pope Francis, priesthood and politics
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Peter-John Pearson is vicar general of the Archdiocese of Cape Town and director of the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office of the Southern African bishops. He began his journey to the priesthood after studying law and having experienced profound spiritual conversion linked to his involvement in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement and a pas…
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Angie Farrenkothen on abortion, healing and being Catholic
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Angie suffered the trauma of an abortion at the age of 23. Today, she runs Rachel’s Vineyard in South Africa, a retreat for women and men who have suffered the same trauma.Ricardo da Silva SJ met with Angie at her home in Cape Town to speak about the trauma of abortion, healing, divorce and being Catholic.…
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Terry Oakley-Smith on surviving rape, speaking out and dealing with stigma in society and church
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Terry was attacked and raped at a popular Johannesburg park while walking her dogs in broad daylight. She immediately sought help. But all let her down, from the police to private doctors and health services — even her priest, who ‘lost it with me’, she said.Russell Pollitt SJ spoke with Terry about the ordeal and the courage she has shown by speak…
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Heather Mason on living in Johannesburg, the city's hidden treasures and coping with tragedy
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In this episode, Russell Pollitt SJ, speaks to Heather Mason. Hear what she has to say about living as an American in Johannesburg, coping with the tragic end of a love-relationship and discovering hidden gems in the inner city of Johannesburg. Heather is a blogger who writes about life in Johannesburg — and all the other places she visits! Without…
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Bryan Massingale on racism, sexuality, power and the crises of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
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Ricardo da Silva SJ speaks with Bryan Massingale, noted priest and scholar-activist from Fordham University department of theology, in New York. Hear what he had to say about racism, sexuality, power and his life as a priest, at a time when the Catholic Church faces great crises of sexual abuse.By Jesuit Institute South Africa
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