Family Matters

MARFAM FAMILY WEEKLY ENEWSLETTER 1 NOVEMBER 2023 “SIYA”, “See Ye.”  Will that be a new South African greeting.  We can also say “Siyabonga,”  meaning “thank you.” Or why not use our hero’s full name, Siyamthanda, which means “we love him.”   I...

2023 FAMILY WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER W OCTOBER 25.  POPE FRANCIS ASKS US TO "PRAY AND FAST FOR PEACE ON FRIDAY 27 OCTOBER. in Rome, at home. Some time during the month of October, which is commemorated widely as “Breast Cancer Awareness month,”  I share a story I found...

FAMILY WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 2023 OCTOBER 18.  Pope Francis.  Authentic human development has a moral character.  It presumes full respect for the human person, but it must also be concerned for the world around us and take into account the nature of each being and of...

Family Weekly e-newsletter 11 October 2023 The 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality has got under way, beginning with the impressive opening Mass in St Peter’s square on 4 October. It also coincided with other events, the ending of the...

FAMILY WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 27 SEPTEMBER 2023 Way back in the 1990s , in the early years of MARFAM’s development I prepared an activity booklet for Families and children, not children alone, but families and children, to read, discuss, reflect, pray and work on for...

SEASON OF CREATION. FAMILY WEEKLY E-NEWS 20 SEPTEMBER 2023. In our reflections on the SEASON OF CREATION 2023 with its focus “Let Justice and Peace flow like a mighty river,” there naturally has to be a focus on wild life, nature or a particular aspect of creation and...

Family Weekly e-newsletter 13 September 20203 The subtitle of Pope Francis’ LAUDATO SI, document on the environment is CARE OF OUR COMMON HOME.   Some of that care this week, around the world, can be through adopting the WORLD CLEAN-UP DAY campaign set for...