Family Matters

June, here in South Africa, is the month dedicated to youth, but MARFAM’S theme “Children belong in families,” includes younger children too.  All children, including adolescents belong in families. Broadly speaking. That is because the majority of our children...

June 10.    Basil, Zola and Mary had never really known their father.  When their mother became ill and died, when little Mary was just 8 years old, Zola 12 and Basil just 17, the children felt very lost. Their aunt who lived nearby took over some...

For overvew of June reflections go to https://marfam.org.za/2021/05/01/family-year-planner-overview-april-may-june/?swcfpc=1 June 3. St Charles Lwanga, St Kizito and other Uganda martyrs.  The Ugandan youth at St Kizito’s parish had invited all their fellow...

It is drawing to an end, LAUDATO SI week and the month of May, Mary’s month but also parenting month on my calendar with its focus on OUR WORLD A FAMILY OF FAMILIES which naturally includes the world of nature too. Shot of a little boy being comforted by his mother...

May 27.   In their family Charles and Dorothy had battled with the experience of their son’s addiction with great difficulty at first.   He had been an excellent scholar, an adventurous boy and that is where the trouble had started. He’d been...

May 20. Day 5: Letting oneself be transformed by the Word: “You have already been pruned by the word…” (Jn 15:3) The Word of God is very close to us. It is a blessing and a promise of happiness. If we open our hearts God speaks to us and patiently transforms that...

I begin with an extract for INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES on May 15 from the MARFAM’s DAILY THOUGHT “Anthony stated, “Collaboration between religious and government and international agencies is very important in our world which is becoming more and more secular. I am...