Category: Family Matters

MARFAM DAILY THOUGHTS for LAUDATO SI WEEK 22-29 MA...

Posted by Toni Rowland | May 14, 2022 | Family Matters, Family Prayer Activities, Laudato Si | 0 |

OUR LADY OF FATIMA. MOTHER OF PEACE

by Toni Rowland | May 13, 2022 | Family Prayer Activities, Thought for the Day | 0 |

May 13. Moyra wondered, “Our Lady of Fatima appeared to three little children with her message,...

IDF 2022, URBANISATION, FAMILY AND PARENTING

by Toni Rowland | May 11, 2022 | Family Matters, Monthly Theme | 0 |

The UN International Day of Families on 15 May 2022 has as its themes urbanisation, migration and...

THE MERRY, MERRY MONTH OF MAY

by Toni Rowland | May 4, 2022 | Family Matters | 0 |

Many songs and poems have been written about this merry month of May, especially in the northern...

MAY MONTHLY THEME INTRODUCTION

by Toni Rowland | May 1, 2022 | 2022 Family Year Planner, Family Matters, Monthly Theme | 0 |

Introduction. During May and June the Church is holding special commemorations for family and...

FREEDOM DAY AND A DOG’S LIFE

by Toni Rowland | Apr 27, 2022 | Family Matters, Laudato Si | 0 |

Since April 1994 we South Africans like to think and say we are free. Of course in many ways we...

JESUS AND THE MEDIA family weekly 20 April 2022.

by Toni Rowland | Apr 20, 2022 | Family Matters, Monthly Theme | 0 |

With the MARFAM April theme GOD AND FAMILY still in mind what has Easter 2022 meant for me and you? Did it mean a weekend spent in Church participating in the various liturgies and the variety of ways in which we ourselves and...

EASTER MONDAY. STORY TIME FOR FAMILY DAY SA.

by Toni Rowland | Apr 18, 2022 | Family Matters, Thought for the Day | 0 |

The Greek owner at the Spar greeted all the customers who came in to buy Easter eggs by saying, “The Lord is risen, Alleluia.” Instead of saying, “Thanks be to God, Alleluia,” which is the right reply, most of them looked...

A wholly holy week

by Toni Rowland | Apr 13, 2022 | Family Matters, Laudato Si, Lent, Uncategorised | 0 |

It is said “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” I am thinking that holiness too is in the eye of the beholder. I seem to remember that it is not uncommon for disasters of various kinds to happen during a holy season like...