ECO-UBUNTU AND ECUMENISM
The particular value of the Season of Creation is its ecumenical nature. The commemoration was started in 1989 by the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I . Other Christian denominations joined in over the years, Catholics in 2015....
CREATION AND THE SEASON OF CREATION
The Tree of Life. It is the end of the month of August, Women’s month in South Africa, with MARFAM’s focus on Sexuality as a Family Gift. SA focused strongly on gender-based violence, a serious social problem, as well as women’s rights. From a social perspective...
WHEN IS A SAUSAGE NOT A SAUSAGE?
Woman’s Month, this August, has been full of questions to ponder over, for me and maybe for many. A good number revolve around law. Every day national TV features court cases that appear to be never-ending, and definitely seem to be splitting hairs in legal debates...
ASSUMPTION OF MARY INTO HEAVEN. SA PATRONAL FEAST
August 21st Sunday 21C. Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven. Patron Feast of SA. The Catholics in the group were given a chance to explain their devotion to Mary to the others. Different people shared how they saw her as a powerful queen, a mother, a sorrowing...
PATRONS AND MARY, QUEEN AND PATRONESS
Feastday transferred from 15 August to Sunday 21 August. What is the significance of patrons or patronesses in the church and society today? Are they to be seen as good guys or bad guys? Wikipedia describes patronage as the support, encouragement, privilege, or...
2022 SEASON OF CREATION SEPTEMBER DAILY THOUGHTS
2022 OUR WORLD, A FAMILY OF FAMILIES MARFAM DAILY THOUGHTS WITH THE SEASON OF CREATION 1 SEPTEMBER TO 4 OCTOBER. FAMILY YEAR PLANNER SEPTEMBER THEME “OUR WORLD OF FAMILIES” and OCTOBER THEME “FAMILY ON MISSION.”...
THE WOMEN IN ONE’S LIFE
In South Africa 9 August has become a very important day. Dare I say for the wrong reasons, i.e. gender-based violence, rather than celebrating and honouring women in our families and society. Much of the violence against women and girls too in fact...
WOMEN’S DAY SOUTH AFRICA 2022
August 9th. Women’s Day. An interdenominational workshop for women and men on the subject of “the Power of Femininity” had been organised that would be followed by lunch. “Is women’s struggle for liberation from oppression and freedom of...
2022 AUGUST OVERVIEW
AUGUST OVERVIEW. God looked on his creation and was pleased. Particularly good was the ability for creation to evolve through its reproductive capability. Because of the special attributes of humans, including free will, human sexuality...
OH TO BE A GRANNY. ask yourself.
After a variety of grandparent/elderly articles this month, herewith something of a summing up. You've possibly heard those words or maybe thought those words expressed in different tones of voice, possibly with very different emotions behind them. Take a moment...
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