LIFE’S BEGINNINGS, FAMILY BEGINNINGS
I’ve been waxing eloquent for some time about “family” being the be-all and end-all of creation. When I reflected on the process of the evolution of the universe over the estimated 13.8 billion years from the birth of galaxies to the evolution of life and up to our...
EPIPHANY AND THE LIGHT TO THE NATIONS
The people of South Africa were delighted that the year 2022 didn’t start with a whimper but with quite a bang as fortunately the President had lifted the curfew, at almost the 11th hour, because of our reducing number of Covid 19 cases. For some reason we reached,...
JANUARY DAILY THOUGHTS. WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR PEACE. MARY MOTHER OF GOD
As never before in history common destiny begs us to seek a new beginning. Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability, the quickening of the struggle for justice and peace and the...
2022 FAMILY YEAR PLANNER
FOR DAILY THOUGHTS AND A WEEKLY FAMILY MATTERS NEWSLETTER GO TO http://www.marfam.org.za/ 2022-MARFAM-FAMILY-YEAR-PLANNER-rev-overview-1-1Download
ONE AFRICAN CHRISTMAS
2021 FW 29 December 28, 2021 Once more during this holiday time I would like to share one of my stories from bygone years that even in 2021, I think, keeps its relevance as violence continues. On 28th December the Church celebrates the feast of the Holy...
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.
World news nearly every day of the year reports on the plight of migrants and refugees in one or more places around the world, braving cold, heat, rain and dangerous terrain. As more people flee violence, insecurity and the effects of climate change, the number...
TIME FOR RECONCILIATION IN THE WORLD, A FAMILY OF FAMILIES
RECONCILIATION IN THE FAMILY, A SIMPLE SERVICE. https://marfam.org.za/2021/03/23/family-reconciliation-service/ We’re coming to the end of a very difficult year, another difficult year. We thought 2020 was hard. It was from the start of a pandemic that does not...
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE. a QUESTION OF POWER OR SEXUALITY?
Why does Gender-Based Violence (GBV) continue to literally bedevil humanity and remain such a pervasive issue in our society? In South Africa, whenever the annual 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence comes around it is often called another pandemic,...
WHO IS TO BLAME?
Blame can be a massively complicated issue. Right now, because South Africa was the first to report the emergence and identification of a new coronavirus variant, now named Omicron, we seem to be blamed in some way for having created it. This has even led to the...
2021 ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS JESSE TREE REFLECTIONS
THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY for Advent programme are also suitable for families to make up their own Jesse tree. Click on the print icon below to print the document. 2021-Advent-and-Chri..-1Download
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