2024 MARCH THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY
2024 OUR WORLD, A FAMILY OF FAMILIES. MARFAM DAILY THOUGHTS FOR MARCH AND LENT PART 2 Theme: HUMAN RIGHTS ARE FAMILY RIGHTS – BECOMING ECO-FRIENDLY FAMILIES - A LENTEN PROGRAMME you can download the 2024 Family Year Planner in A3...
TALKING OF TEMPTATION CAN BE TRICKY.
MARFAM FAMILY WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 21 FEBRUARY 2024 If you gave up chocolates for Lent and gave in to the temptation to eat one is that a sin? If you resisted you must be a saint! As we’ve just listened to Mark’s Sunday gospel on Jesus’ temptation I’ve been...
LENT AND THE FAMILY 2024.
LENT 2024. OUR WORLD A FAMILY OF FAMILIES. BECOMING ECO-FRIENDLY FAMILIES with prayer, fasting and almsgiving. These are MARFAM’s 2024 themes and the three pillars of Lenten spirituality. THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY continue as usual, built on the...
STAYING AT HOME OR GOING OUT. WHERE IS GOD?
MARFAM FAMILY WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 14 FEBRUARY 2024 “No one should stay at home....” was the headline that caught my attention when the ACI Catholic newsletter for Africa arrived in my inbox. “Oh no, I don’t agree” was my immediate reaction, as after all this was the...
CLOSE, COMPASSIONATE AND TENDER.
MARFAM FAMILY WEEKLY NEWSLETTER 7 FEBRUARY 2024. Everyone knows that February is the month of love and of Valentine. One wonders how many people know it is also the month of Ash Wednesday and this year these two days coincide. Interestingly. I found...
FEBRUARY OVERVIEW. BENEDICT DASWA FEBRUARY 1
SUMMARY OVERVIEW FEBRUARY: Love gives Families life. For more go to http://www.marfam.org.za/2024-family-year-planner/february. God, the creator, is a lover and it is God’s love, as Trinity, that is life-giving, creating life continually and sustaining and renewing...
2024 FAMILY YEAR PLANNER. FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY THEME: LOVE GIVES FAMILIES LIFE. The theme is used throughout the month before and during Lent with a variety of extra resources and suggestions. THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY are published as usual. Other prayers and Lenten suggestions are included in the monthly...
THE LITTLE THING CALLED HOPE
MARFAM FAMILY WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 31 JANUARY 2024 Apart from being practical, theologically sound and spiritually mature, we are also called to be artistic, creative, filled with the joy of life in creation. This little poem continues to touch my spirit. HOPE...
FIT TO GO or WAY TO GO?
MARFAM FAMILY WEEKLY 24 JANUARY 2024 I don’t feel fit to go just yet, apart from picking up a lousy cold on the way home from my travelling and visiting the sick week, I seem to be way behind in planning for 2024. Does that sound familiar? Does it get...
FAMILY BEGINNINGS – WHAT IS OUR RESPONSE?
MARFAM FAMILY WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 17 JANUARY 2024 In writing these weekly newsletters I tend to follow current events, but from a perspective of MARFAM’s family themes and thoughts and these use the scripture readings of the time. In the last few days the church has...
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