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...
JESUS AND THE MEDIA family weekly 20 April 2022.
With the MARFAM April theme GOD AND FAMILY still in mind what has Easter 2022 meant for me and you? Did it mean a weekend spent in Church participating in the various liturgies and the variety of ways in which we ourselves and the churches we visited created...
EASTER MONDAY. STORY TIME FOR FAMILY DAY SA.
The Greek owner at the Spar greeted all the customers who came in to buy Easter eggs by saying, “The Lord is risen, Alleluia.” Instead of saying, “Thanks be to God, Alleluia,” which is the right reply, most of them looked at him funnily and went on to get their...
A wholly holy week
It is said “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” I am thinking that holiness too is in the eye of the beholder. I seem to remember that it is not uncommon for disasters of various kinds to happen during a holy season like this week. A headline in the newspaper La...
DOES GOD REALLY LIVE IN OUR HOUSE?
Many years ago when beginning our introduction of a spirituality of the family I wrote one of my poems that started, “Does God really live in our house, the little one wanted to know? Or does he just live in that place down the road where we go to say our hello?...
2022 APRIL DAILY THOUGHTS
APRIL DAILY THOUGHTS for Lent, Holy Week and Easter. 2022-April-reflections-Download
LENT, HOLY WEEK, EASTER AND THE FAMILY
As we progress through Lent and soon into Holy Week there are some simple family celebrations that can be held at home at this time to enrich the spiritual journey together. The Liturgy during Holy Week is beautiful and meaningful but not always appropriate for...
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