Family Matters

HOPE AND ACT WITH CREATION. SOC 2024 THEME

by Toni Rowland | Sep 9, 2024 | 2024 Season of Creation, Laudato Si, Thought for the Day

September 9. HOPE AND ACT WITH CREATION, IN THE SEASON OF CREATION (From BECOMING ECO-FRIENDLY FAMILIES) The Season of Creation is an interdenominational event celebrated annually worldwide with Christians from many countries and many organisations...

SEASON OF CREATION AND MARRIAGE GIVE GLORY TO GOD

by Toni Rowland | Sep 8, 2024 | 2024 Season of Creation, Laudato Si, marriage, Thought for the Day

September 8. 23rd Sunday B. Week 3 of marriage reflections. Value and affirm the good. Fr Peter had discussed with the PPC the possibility of having a couple talent competition but they had decided that it might embarrass some of the shyer...

SEASON OF CREATION. RELATIONSHIP BREAKDOWN AND SIN

by Toni Rowland | Sep 7, 2024 | 2024 Season of Creation, Laudato Si, Thought for the Day

September 7. RELATIONSHIP BREAKDOWN AND SIN. A Look at life. One Saturday a family who were out on an eco-safari decided to camp out as they did from time to time, to experience nature more intimately. They had put up their...

SEASON OF CREATION. “FIX FAMILIES FIRST”

by Toni Rowland | Sep 6, 2024 | 2024 Season of Creation, Laudato Si, marriage, Thought for the Day

September 6. FIX FAMILIES FIRST. (From BECOMING ECO-FRIENDLY FAMILIES. booklet available from the MARFAM shop.) “Home is where the heart lies,” a common and comforting saying. Home speaks of families and ideally a place where all members can feel “at home.” That may...

SEASON OF CREATION. ST MOTHER TERESA

by Toni Rowland | Sep 5, 2024 | 2024 Season of Creation, Laudato Si, Thought for the Day

September 5. St Mother Teresa of Calcutta. PEACE ON EARTH BEGINS IN THE HOME. (From BECOMING ECO-FRIENDLY FAMILIES) The world of today is experiencing wars and conflicts on very serious levels and in many places. The news we see and...

SEASON OF CREATION. PRESERVE – DON’T KILL

by Toni Rowland | Sep 4, 2024 | 2024 Season of Creation, Family Matters, Laudato Si, Thought for the Day

MARFAM FAMILY MATTERS WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 4 SEPTEMBER 2024 The Season of Creation is a interdenominational Christian 5 week ( 1 September to 4 October) focus on the world around us with the stated aims of www.seasonofcreation.org, to renew our relationship...

SEASON OF CREATION. ECO-FRIENDLY FAMILIES

by Toni Rowland | Sep 3, 2024 | 2024 Season of Creation, Laudato Si, Thought for the Day

September 3. ECO-FRIENDLY FAMILIES. (From BECOMING ECO-FRIENDLY FAMILIES) What is this strange ideal? Terms such as environment, ecology, climate change or biodiversity, are all terms that address the same urgent need not...

LISTEN TO THE CRY OF THE POOR

by Toni Rowland | Sep 2, 2024 | 2024 Season of Creation, Laudato Si, Thought for the Day

September 2. LISTEN TO THE CRY OF THE POOR. (From BECOMING ECO-FRIENDLY FAMILIES) Families are asked to reflect and share together. Who are the poor? Jesus, in his Beatitudes – his blueprint for life - said, “Blessed are the poor in...

1 SEPTEMBER. DAY OF PRAYER SEASON OF CREATION

by Toni Rowland | Sep 1, 2024 | 2024 Season of Creation, Laudato Si, Thought for the Day

For more details about the September theme and THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY go to www.marfam.org.za/family_matters September 1. Day of Prayer for Care of Creation. Extracts from Pope Francis Message for September 1 the Day of Prayer for Creation. 6. To hope and act...