This Friday sees the launch of A Life in Letters: Selected Correspondence of Denis Hurley. The book, which consists of 250 letters penned by Archbishop Denis Hurley, took three years to compile with Paddy Kearney*, Brother Philippe Denis and Jane Argall making the selection from a massive 5000 letters written by the Archbishop between the ages of 11 and 88. … Read more
With our history of apartheid many public holidays in South Africa are ‘commemorated’ rather than ‘celebrated’, but tomorrow, the 27th April, is a day that all South Africans can truly celebrate as we remember the first democratic elections held on this day, twenty-four years ago. It was a long and treacherous road, but the elections … Read more
Labo abanothando lokufunda kabanzi ngeqhaza elabanjwa yibandla ngesikhathi sobandlululo eNingizimu Afrika, umbukiso iDenis Hurley: The Guardian of the Light, uzobanikeza ulwazi olubalulekile ngezigameko zangaleso sikhathi, futhi ikakhulukazi indima eyadlalwa nguDenis Hurley njengoMbhishobhi wesiFundabhishobhi saseThekwini. UMbhishobhi uHurley wayengasabi ukuphikisana nebandla ngezinye izikhathi elalibuye lithambekele ngasekugcinweni kwemithetho yezwe yangaleso sikhathi. Lo mbhishobhi wayephikisana kakhulu nokungabi khona kobulungiswa … Read more
NgoMgqibelo mhla ziyi-11 kuNhlolanja kowe-2017 kuvulwe isikhungo esibizwa ngokuthi i-“Denis Hurley: Guardian of light”. Lesi sikhungo sibungaza impilo nemisebenzi yeqhawe eladlala indima ekugxekweni nasekuphikisaneni kombuso wobandlululo ngamakholwa. Leli qhawe laliphinde futhi libe ngumbhishobhi omkhulu webandla lamaKhatholika. Lapha sikhuluma ngo-Denis Hurley, owadlula emhlabeni ngonyaka ka-2003. Lesi sikhungo esitholakala e-Denis Hurley Centre (DHC) eThekwini siphumeleliswe ukuhlelwa kwaso … Read more
For those of you interested in learning more about the church’s role in Apartheid South Africa, the exhibition, Denis Hurley: The Guardian of the Light, will provide valuable information about the events of that period, and specifically the part that Denis Hurley, acting as the Archbishop of Durban, played. Often in opposition to the church, which was sometimes … Read more
Those who grew up in Durban will be very familiar with the Catholic Church and the neighbouring Denis Hurley Centre, both prominent buildings as you enter the centre of town. What many might not be aware of though, is the great work that these institutions have been involved in over the years, and for much of … Read more