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The Athanasian Creed The Athanasian Creed is one of the expressions of the Catholic Faith. Many Catholics are familiar with the Nicene Creed and the Apostles Creed. The Athanasian Creed was traditionally said on Trinity Sunday. The Athanasian Creed goes into greater detail about a number of aspects of the Catholic Faith, particularly the Holy [...]

The month of July is traditionally dedicated to the Precious Blood of Our Blessed Lord. The Novena to the Precious Blood of Our Lord can be prayed from the 22nd of June to the 30th of June. Devotion to the precious blood is particularly efficacious in spiritual warfare. The Feast of the Precious blood of [...]

We will be praying the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena for the intention of an increased availability of the Traditional Latin Mass. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena Prayers First novena prayer Behold at your feet, O Mother of Perpetual Help, a wretched sinner who has recourse to you and confides in you. O [...]

Saint Joseph’s Holy Cloak Novena St. Joseph’s Holy Cloak Novena is a particular and special way to merit the patronage of this great Saint while also rendering honour to him. It is to be recited on thirty consecutive days in memory of the thirty years St. Joseph spent in the company of Jesus Christ, Son [...]

The following Google Form is intended to gauge the interest of the faithful of the Archdiocese of Johannesburg in attending the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite within the Archdiocese of Johannesburg. The survey is being conducted by Immaculata South Africa.

The feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is on the 11th of June 2021. This Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus was prayed daily by Saint Padre Pio. This devotion is particularly important in South Africa as we celebrate the Year of the Eucharist. Please join us in praying the Novena from the [...]

The feast of Corpus Christi is on the 3rd of June 2021. On this great feast day the Church calls to our attention the great mystery of the Blessed Sacrament. This feast day has great significance this year in South Africa as we celebrate the year of the Eucharist. This great mystery takes place at [...]

The Novena to Our Lady of Good Success is prayed from the 24th of January to the 1st of February. Join in these prayers here.

Saint Padre Pio a Modern Day Mystic Saint Padre Pio is a great Catholic Saint who lived in the 20th Century. He was an extremely holy man and was one of the few Saints privileged to receive the stigmata of Christ, that is the wounds of Our Blessed Lord. He also had a great devotion [...]

The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows Today, the 15th of September, is the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows where we recall the 7 sorrows, or dolors of Our Blessed Mother, which are listed below. Devotion to Our Lady's sorrows is a powerful way of uniting ourselves with our Crucified Lord and of appreciating [...]

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross The 14th of September is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. This is a significant day for Catholics, as it is the day that Pope Benedict XVI promulgated his Moto Proprio Summorum Pontificum declaring that the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite was never abrogated - [...]

Pray the Novena to Our Lady of Sorrows The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows occurs on the 15th of September - on this great feast day we remember the sorrows of Our Blessed Mother during her life. Through her sorrows she obtained for us poor sinners countless graces to save our souls. On the [...]