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St John Vianney Seminary, Pretoria
St John Vianney Seminary, Pretoria, South Africa, is the National Seminary for the Roman Catholic Church in South Africa. The institution is a training facility and House of Formation under the auspices of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC). History St John Vianney was opened on 14 April 1948, by Archbishop Martin Lucas SVD, initially it was housed in temporary quarters at Queenstown prior to the completion of constructing the seminary in Waterkloof, Pretoria. In 1950 the seminary moved to Pretoria, it was officially opened in March 1951 and staffed by Irish Franciscans. In the climate of apartheid, St. Vianney initially catered for white South Africans, where as another seminary was set up St Peter's Seminary in Pevensey, KwaZulu-Natal, then in Hammanskraal and later in Garsfontein, to train indigenous priests so catered for the black Africans, and from 1956 administered by the Dominican Order. The BA in Theology began being offered in 1967. Theology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Qualifications Authority
The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) is a statutory body, regulated in terms of the ''National Qualifications Framework Act'' No. 67 of 2008. It is made up of 29 members appointed by the Minister of Education in consultation with the Minister of Labour. SAQA is mandated by legislation to oversee the development and implementation of the National Qualifications Framework A national qualifications framework is a formal system describing qualifications. 47 countries participating in the Bologna Process are committed to producing a national qualifications framework. Other countries not part of this process also hav ... (NQF). The National Qualifications Framework The NQF is a framework, i.e. it sets the boundaries, principle and guidelines, which provide a vision, a philosophical base and an organisational structure, for the construction of a qualifications system. Detailed development and implementation is carried out within these boundaries. All education and tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baccalaureate In Sacred Theology
The Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology ( la, Sacrae Theologiae Baccalaureus; abbreviated STB), not to be confused with a Bachelor of Arts in Theology, is the first of three ecclesiastical degrees in theology (the second being the Licentiate in Sacred Theology and the third being the Doctorate in Sacred Theology) which are conferred by a number of pontifical faculties around the world. Despite its designation as a "baccalaureate", a holdover from historic nomenclature, it is a graduate level, academic degree in theology, equivalent in the United States and the United Kingdom to a first professional degree. As an ecclesiastical degree, it is conferred in the name of and by the authority of the Holy See. It is often granted alongside a civil degree, such as the Master of Divinty. The curriculum varies slightly from faculty to faculty, but generally requires competency in Latin or Greek as well as the completion of the "first cycle" of theological training, a three to five year cours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abel Gabuza
Abel Gabuza (23 March 1955 – 17 January 2021) was a South African prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop Coadjutor of the Archdiocese of Durban from 9 December 2018 and until his death in 2021. He was Bishop of Kimberley from 2010 to 2018. Early life and career Gabuza was born on 23 March 1955 in Alexandra, South Africa. He was one of six children. His father died when he was young and his mother sent him to boarding school to provide a safer environment than the local schools. He studied at St. Paul Minor Seminary and St. Peter Major Seminary, both in Hammanskraal, interrupting his studies after the first year to spend a year as a factory worker, and then at the National Major Seminary of St. John Vianney. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Pretoria on 15 December 1984. Gabuza worked in parish ministries from 1985 to 1987. He spent the 1987–1988 academic year earning a master's degree in theology at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, Californ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gower Coleman
Michael Gower Coleman (19 April 1939 – 17 December 2011) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Born in Mafeking in 1939. He was educated at Laerskool Zeerust, Transvaal and at Christian Brothers College in Kimberley. After working for a year in Zambia he entered St John Vianney Seminary, Pretoria as a student for the Diocese of Port Elizabeth at the invitation of Bishop Ernest Green. As well as his clerical trainnig in the seminary, he also obtained a BA in Philosophy degree through the University of South Africa The University of South Africa (UNISA), known colloquially as Unisa, is the largest university system in South Africa by enrollment. It attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa. Through various colleges and affiliates, U .... He was ordained to the priesthood in 1963. Coleman was named bishop of the Port Elizabeth diocese in 1986 resigning on August 20, 2011. The Right Reverend Gower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Cawcutt
Reginald Michael Cawcutt (25 October 1938 – 5 August 2022) was a South African Roman Catholic prelate. Cawcutt was born in Rugby, Western Cape. His father, Wilfred, was a well-known horse trainer. He studied for the priesthood at St John Vianney Seminary in Pretoria and was ordained by Archbishop Owen McCann on 9 July 1962. Soon after his ordination, he became chaplain to the deaf community of Cape Town, serving in both of Cape Town's two Catholic institutions for the hearing-impaired. In 1966, he made a three-day pastoral visit to the remote island of Tristan de Cunha Tristan da Cunha (), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, lying approximately from Cape Town in South Africa, from Saint Helena a ..., where he administered the sacraments to the small Catholic community of 50, which rarely saw a priest. For many years he served as Catholic chaplain to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Brislin
Stephen Brislin (born 24 September 1956) is a South African prelate of the Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a .... He was ordained as a priest on 19 Nov 1983 in the Diocese of Kroonstad, South Africa, and became Bishop of Kroonstad on 28 Jan 2007. He has served as Archbishop of Cape Town since 2010, and President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference since 2013. References 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in South Africa 1956 births Living people Roman Catholic archbishops of Cape Town Roman Catholic bishops of Kroonstad People from Welkom {{SouthAfrica-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Axelrod
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Graham Rose (bishop)
Thomas Graham Rose (born 23 December 1951) is a South African prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who currently serves as Bishop of Dundee. Biography Graham Rose was born in Evander, and studied under the Christian Brothers in Kimberley. He entered the University of Witwatersrand, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Commerce in business and Bachelor of Laws in civil law, and then studied philosophy and theology at the St. John Vianney, National Seminary in Pretoria. Rose was ordained to the priesthood on 12 December 1980, and then served as pastor of Soweto until 1983. From 1984 to 1987, he furthered his studies at Maynooth College in Ireland, earning a degree in moral theology. Upon his return to South Africa, Rose served as pastor of East Rand and taught at St. John Vianney Seminary until 1990, whence he became pastor of Magaliesburg. He was rector of St. John Vianney Seminary (1991-1997) and pastor of Rivonia (1999-2006) before returning to the pastorship of East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Slattery
William Slattery, O.F.M., is an Irish-born Franciscan who served as Bishop of Kokstad from 1993 to 2010, before being appointed Archbishop of Pretoria and Bishop of South Africa, Military. William Mathew Slattery was born in County Tipperary, Ireland in 1943. He joined the Franciscans in 1962, and gained a BA degree from University College Galway. He was ordained, and obtained a licence in theology in Rome in 1970, before going to South Africa in 1971. He served in various dioceses in South Africa and also in Malawi; he has also been Rector of St John Vianney Seminary. In 1993 he was appointed Bishop of Kokstad. In 2005 he invited the Irish charity Respond! (founded by his fellow Franciscans) to provide services in the diocese, and in 2009 supported their setting up of a housing association, Silvie. In 2010 he was appointed Archbishop of Pretoria. He retired in 2019, and was succeeded by Archbishop Dabula Mpako Dabula Anthony Mpako (born 6 September 1959) is a South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Southern Cross (South Africa)
''The Southern Cross'' is a South African monthly Catholic magazine, which from 1920 to 2020 was the only Catholic weekly in the country. It is published independently but with the support of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference. First published on 16 October 1920, it appeared uninterrupted every week until 23 September 2020, after which the publication transitioned into a monthly magazine. The current editor-in-chief is Günther Simmermacher. Ownership ''The Southern Cross'' is published by the Catholic Newspaper & Publishing Company Ltd., which is based in Cape Town. The publication is financed by sales and advertising, as well as revenue from sales of books published under ''The Southern Cross'' Books imprint, international pilgrimages, and financial support from its Associates’ Campaign. It receives no funding from the bishops conference. Publication and circulation Most issues are sold in churches at weekend Masses, with subscriptions in print and digital fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bachelor Of Theology
The Bachelor of Theology degree (BTh, ThB, or BTheol) is a three- to five-year undergraduate degree in theological disciplines and is typically pursued by those seeking ordination for ministry in a church, denomination, or parachurch organization. Candidates for this degree typically must complete course work in Greek and(or) Hebrew, as well as systematic theology, biblical theology, ethics, homiletics, hermeneutics, counseling and Christian ministry. The Bachelor of Theology may include a thesis component and may consist of an additional year beyond the coursework requirements for the degrees of Bachelor of Religious Education and Bachelor of Arts. In some denominations, such as the Church of England or the Presbyterian Church of America, it is considered sufficient qualification for formal ordination. Europe & South Africa In the United Kingdom and other European nations, the Bachelor of Theology is a three to four year degree for adult students pursuing ordination, who do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
