JUNE 16 YOUTH DAY. WMOF NOVENA DAY 4
June 16. Youth Day SA. WMFO Novena Day 4. Focus on extended families. Deacon Morris had been one of the young people involved in the Soweto uprising of 1976. At this time as a grandfather and, in a sense the patriarch in the wider family, he looked back...
PRAYING FOR OUR GRANDCHILDREN. WMOF NOVENA DAY 3
June 15. WMFO Novena Day 3. Focus on Grandparents, praying for our grandchildren. Patrick said to his gran, “You know what, in the mission Fr G told us fasting and almsgiving isn't only for Lent, it is for any time and you shouldn't show...
CHILDREN BELONG IN FAMILIES AND FATHERS DO TOO.
June, in South Africa, is Youth month and June, on our 2022 Family Year Planner, has as its theme “Children belong in families,” which can include children from young to adolescent. Every year, almost right after Youth Day on 16th June, we commemorate Fathers’...
YOUTH AND THEIR PARENTS. WMOF NOVENA DAY 2
June 14. WMOF Novena day 2. Focus on Parents. Benny had been a gang member since his early teens He had felt abandoned by his alcoholic mother, didn't know his father, and his sister who had been looking after the younger siblings had run...
THE SPIRIT OF GOD-LOVE
PENTECOST, CHRISTIAN UNITY AND WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY. It was a week and a day filled with possibilities one could say, as each of the commemorations could speak to the presence and the work of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus, the personification of love. The...
2022 JUNE FAMILY REFLECTIONS
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PENTECOST CELEBRATION
SOME THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS TO ASK OURSELVES Is the spirit in our family a holy spirit? Is the Holy Spirit a family spirit?Who is the Holy Spirit to me and what does this Spirit mean to me in my life? The Church teaches...
SATURDAY CHRISTIAN UNITY WEEK
June 4. Beyond the familiar routes of separation to God’s new paths: Matt 2:12 “They left for their own country by another road.” Reflect, share, act. We do not know what the wise men thought - they who were experts in astronomy and navigation - when they...
FRIDAY CHRISTIAN UNITY WEEK.
June 3. Also feast of the Uganda martyrs. The gifts of Communion: Matt 2:11 “they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.” Reflect, share, act., The wise men who came to pay homage to the Christ-child opened their treasures, and offered the new-born...
CHRISTIAN UNITY WEEK THURSDAY
June 2. Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Gathered in worship around the One Lord: Matt 2:11 “ They saw the child with Mary, his mother and they knelt down and paid him homage.” Reflect, share, act. When the Magi from their far-away countries arrived at Bethlehem...
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