Resilience, it’s about bouncing and bouncing back.
Why does a certain word suddenly jump out and speak to you? And then again, and maybe a third time. My word today is resilience. In the next phase of my work with Laudato Si I am reflecting on community participation as well as community resilience, taking...
TUESDAY. WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
May 31. Week of Prayer for Christian unity. Though small and suffering, we lack nothing: Matt 2:6 “And you, Bethlehem… are by no means least” Reflect, share, act. Though of little significance among the great clans of Judah, Bethlehem was made great...
LAUDATO SI WEEK, CARE OF CREATION AND OUR FAMILIES
Did you know that dark chocolate can actually repair blood vessels? And that green tea can help reduce inflammation and cut off the blood supply that feeds cancer cells? Also that eating the right foods could reduce the severity of long Covid? These questions are not...
PARENTS FORM FAMILIES
Are we done with urbanisation, migration and family impact, the challenging themes for the 15th May International Day of Families 2022? The new lengthy document presented on 13th May, as part of the IDF commemoration, addresses the subject in depth....
LAUDATO SI WEEK 22-29 MAY 2022. DAILY THOUGHTS BY MARFAM
This annual commemorative week is offered at the request of Pope Francis and facilitated overall by the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development. Some resources included are offered through www.laudatosiactionplatform.org family sector and have...
OUR LADY OF FATIMA. MOTHER OF PEACE
May 13. Moyra wondered, “Our Lady of Fatima appeared to three little children with her message, a call to pray for peace. How many parents really talk with their children about social reality and the problem issues of today. Or maybe the kids should inform their...
IDF 2022, URBANISATION, FAMILY AND PARENTING
The UN International Day of Families on 15 May 2022 has as its themes urbanisation, migration and the positive and negative impacts on families. One could say, the impact depends a lot on the broader context in which each family lives, which includes time and place. ...
THE MERRY, MERRY MONTH OF MAY
Many songs and poems have been written about this merry month of May, especially in the northern hemisphere where it heralds the new season of spring and traditionally was accompanied by much dancing and fun and games. It was frequently and still is dedicated to Mary,...
MAY MONTHLY THEME INTRODUCTION
Introduction. During May and June the Church is holding special commemorations for family and ecology as well as Church Unity Week from the feasts of Ascension to Pentecost. Resources have been made available by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life for...
FREEDOM DAY AND A DOG’S LIFE
Since April 1994 we South Africans like to think and say we are free. Of course in many ways we are but are we all free and how free are we really? In Laudato Si’ LS Pope Francis promotes a new lifestyle where he speaks out against the extreme consumerism which...
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