ORATORIAN COMMUNITY IN FORMATION: PROF. JOHAN ROUSSOUW ADDRESSES THE NEWMAN ASSOCIATION

The Bloemfontein Newman Association held its opening meeting on Tuesday, 14th January, 2017. Our first speaker for the year was Prof. Johan Roussouw of the University of the Free State, a member of the Orthodox Church, who delivered a moving lecture on Orthodox Spirituality. This is one of Prof. Roussouw's many areas of expertise. He clarified a number of areas of misunderstanding that are held about the Orthodox Church, and proceeded to explain its deep and rich traditions of prayer and meditation, as well as the central importance of its Liturgy in that tradition. The almost forty people who attended were deeply impressed by what they heard, and many questions were asked at the end, all superbly fielded and answered. Fr George, the Orthodox priest in Bloemfontein, was happily present on this occasion.

The Newman Association meets again on 14th March, when Dennis Molyneaux, attorney-at-law, will be speaking on the death penalty. Those wishing to attend are welcome. Please call Mrs Paddy Huygen, the Cathedral Secretary, at 051-447-2827 in order to have your name added to March's guest list.

Below are a few photographs of last Tuesday's Newman Association meeting.

Dinner draws to an end, and the guests move through to the lecture venue.

From left to right: Prof. Roussouw, Fr Johnson,

Fr George (Orthodox Church) and Mary Paine.

Prof Roussouw addresses the Newman Association.

Some of the people who attended the Newman Association on 14th February. A cell-phone camera is, frustratingly, never quite wide-angled enough to take in the entire scene!