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Catholic Bible
College is linked with St Augustine College,
the Catholic University in South Africa.
http://www.staugustine.ac.za/
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CONGRATULATIONS
FR KARABO BALOI |
Fr Karabo Baloi was a third year group at the Bible College in 2001. He was ordained on the 26th June 2010 at his home parish in Themba Hammanskraal outside Pretoria. Seen here (Insert picture) celebrating mass with the staff of the Bible College.
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Welcome
to Catholic Bible College,
Johannesburg website
Catholic Bible College is an institute of higher education under the auspices of the Catholic Church in South Africa. The main focus of the College is the education, training and formation of adult christians with leadership potential in the Church. For a wider perspective on the Courses we offer, please refer to the course menu above.
To
all visitors - it is our hope that we will become a familiar site and
that you will taste of the fruits we are offering.
To our past students, here is an opportunity to interact
with other past students and also to share your work and experiences on the
student blog.
To our current students, the student blog is a forum for
interacting, learning and sharing knowledge with other students.
Welcome
again and thanks for visiting.
Our News
The Living Word: Making sense of Scripture |
 After a year of study of Introduction to the Bible with assignments and examinations, the first year students for the Jesuit Institute course in Theology needed to celebrate their achievements and relax with the lecturers: Bernadette Chellew (3rd from the left; Rector of the Catholic Bible College) and Fr John Maneschg (3rd from the right; a Comboni priest who lectures in St John Vianney Seminary and St Augustine College).The total number of students was 16 – two are missing in the photograph – the photographer and another, probably on the cell! The students found the weekly lectures (Wednesdays: 18:00-21:00) taxing but most rewarding. A very positive experience was the building up of a Christian Community - in which the “little ones” were welcomed!
 This is a programme that was started in Jerusalem 28 years ago by a Sister of Zion, Professor Maureena Fritz. The essence of the programme is: “Christians Studying the Bible within its Jewish milieu, (Holy Land), using Jewish Sources”. A team of alumnae from Bat Kol, Jerusalem, continues to produce materials and to run lectures in line with the Bat Kol vision here in Catholic Bible College. The programme is entering its fifth year. The photograph shows the graduates from year 4 – some of them receiving their fourth certificate – with the two current team members Sister Marie Andre Mitchell snd, a part time staff member of Bat Kol, Jerusalem, (1st left in front row), and Bernadette Chellew, Rector of the College (4th from the right in the back row). Most of these students will be part of the group for this year (2012) and we look forward to welcoming many more. The programme this year will follow the Jewish sources in John’s Gospel and will take a brief look at the Psalms of hope and joy. Download application form for further details
Bernadette Chellew (Rector of College) joined Fr Michael van Heerden (President of St Augustine) and Val Thornton (PA to the President) in their visits to parishes to make communities aware of the opportunities for ongoing formation for post matriculants and adults in St Augustine College, Jesuit Institute, Lumko, Theological Education by Extension College and Catholic Bible College. Here Bernadette is addressing St Patrick’s Parish, La Rochelle. |
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CREATION AND THE BIBLE
One biblical image for life is the tree. Have you noticed that there is a tree at the beginning of the Bible and one at the end?
References to the Tree of Life act
as bookends for the library of books that is our Bible, appearing near the beginning of Genesis and again in the last chapter of Revelation.
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BIBLICAL PRAYER
This week's prayer and reflection focus on this scripture passage .....
Biblical Prayer 11 March 2012
Last week on the 8th of March our Jewish brothers and sisters celebrated the Feast of Purim. It is a day of great rejoicing because the Jews were saved from extinction by Esther, a Jewess and the favourite wife of the Persian King Ahasuerus, under the guidance of her uncle Mordechai. Every Jew is commanded to hear the Megillah (scroll of Esther read twice on the day – sunset to sunset). Exactly a week before in our Catholic Lenten Liturgy (1st March), we read an extract from the Prayer of Esther (4:12-30 in the African Bible). The story of Esther in the Hebrew Scriptures (which is also what the other Christian denominations follow) is much shorter than that in the Greek Scriptures (Septuagint). You can explore for yourself by looking at a Bible without the Deutero-canonical books (Good News or New King James) and comparing it with one that is the Catholic Edition (African Bible or any other where it states on the cover: “With Deutero Canon/Apocrypha”).
Here is the beginning of Esther’s prayer:
My Lord, our King, the only one
Come to my help, for I am alone
And have no helper but you
and am about to take my life in my hands.
Let us make this prayer our own is this time of Lent as we journey with Jesus along the road to Calvary, die with Him and rise in Him at Easter.
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LINKS TO WEBSITES OF INTEREST FOR BIBLICAL STUDIES
There are many websites of biblical interest but you need to be cautious in selecting ones to use. Many take a somewhat fundamentalist approach. On this page we will recommend one new website every two weeks and clicking on this link will take you to the cumulative list.
This week’s website is:
Catholic Resources for Bible, Liturgy, Art, and Theology presented by Rev Felix Just sj of the Loyola Institute for Spirituality in Orange, California:
http://catholic-resources.org/index.html
The website is a rich resource for biblical and liturgical studies and is very reliable. It features a growing collection of educational resources for study of the New Testament, in particular the Gospel and Letters of John. Highly recommended. |
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