LENT. YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. LOVE GIVES FAMILIES LIFE
MARFAM'S WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 25 FEBRUARY 2026 MARFAM’s family theme for the month of Valentine has been love, love that gives life, but especially too love gives families life. Love is such a common word you can say it is almost done to death. So it is good to dig a...
LENT WITH MARFAM’S ST FRANCIS, POPE FRANCIS AND POPE LEO
MARFAM WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER AND INTRODUCTION Bringing Lent and the Year of St Francis together is the kind of thing I find quite helpful for families. Both can be seen as being good for families and important too. St Francis is probably the most...
MARRIAGE MATTERS ACROSS THE BOARD
MARFAM WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 11 FEBRUARY Last week I suggested that there is more to February than Valentine’s. So now I can state that because our theme for the month is "Love gives Families Life" Valentine’s Day, or Valentine’s month is a very good time to focus on...
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. SUNDAY 5A. WORLD MARRIAGE DAY.
8 February, Sunday 5A, World Marriage Day. SEE: Mark and Joan shared, “One of the best things for us about our Marriage Ministry is the relationships we have developed with our fellow couples and the priests we have worked with very closely and how they...
THERE’S MORE TO FEBRUARY THAN VALENTINE’S.
MARFAM'S WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 4 FEBRUARY 2026 Colloquially referred to as “Valentine’s” it has become much more than a day, or a commemoration of a possibly legendary figure, who has become the patron saint of lovers. Pope Francis in Amoris Laetitia stated...
WORLD MARRIAGE DAY PRAYERS AND BLESSINGS
ACT AND PRAY: A World Marriage Day Prayer for couples. Father, as we celebrate today we thank you for your tremendous gift of the Sacrament of Marriage. Help us couples to witness to its glory by a life of growing intimacy. Teach us the...
THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY FEBRUARY 2026 AND LENT PART 1.
INTRODUCTORY NOTES We are now into the SPECIAL JUBILEE YEAR OF ST FRANCIS as initiated by Pope Leo XIV from 10 Januuary 2026 to 10 January 2027, As we commemorate his life and his legacy 800 years after his death, we are called to imitate and follow his way as best we...
THOUGHTS FROM THE COALFACE ON SACBC 75
MARFAM WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 28 JANUARY 2026 On this day which would have been our 59th wedding anniversary I’m offering some personal reflections from the coal face. After 47 years of ministry to marriage and family life and 26 years of widowhood my spirituality...
NEW BEGINNINGS RENEW LIFE.
MARFAM FAMILY MATTERS WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 21 JANUARY 2026 When I checked on my granddaughter’s whatsapp site to wish her happy birthday I was struck by the relevance of her profile slogan, “Begin with the end in mind.” I can’t help but wonder whether she or any of...
MARFAM FAMILY AND CHURCH. GOD’S LOVE IN THE LITTLE CHURCH OF THE HOME
MARFAM WEEKLY FAMILY MATTERS E-NEWSLETTER 14 JANUARY 2026 At the start of this new year, which we welcome with hopes, dreams and reservations, I thought it a good idea to give a short explanation of MARFAM - Marriage and Family Life Renewal Ministry and its approach,...
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