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...
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...
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