Family Matters

If you could wish whatever you wanted on MOTHER’S DAY 2021 what would it be?    Filicia was one of the oldest in the group.  She spent some time reflecting on the years and her experience of motherhood and of teaching and caring and thought “what have I learned,...

May 7.  Audrey shared, “Is there anything a parent will not do for their kids?” Jabu didn’t hesitate at all when it was discovered that their daughter was in need of a kidney transplant. “Of course, I’m open to donating mine. And while I’m about it I want to make...

April 29.   Wayne added his thoughts,” In these weeks after Easter Jesus kept on calling on his disciples to believe in him and in his Father and to be true to his teaching. He also spoke of the coming of the Spirit as comforter and teacher. In John’s gospel...

We all have treasured memories, or just images, from way back in our lives.  Many years ago, when my sister and I were in boarding school in Aliwal North, on Sunday afternoons the girls went for our walk, smartly dressed in our Sunday uniform.  A memory I carry is...

St Francis may have spoken joyfully of Brother Fire and Sister Water, Brother Wind and our Sister, Mother Earth, but these family-friendly images have multiple manifestations, as is abundantly clear in recent times. Some are positive and very beneficial while others...

April 23.   Conversion experiences was one of Marie’s favourite topics and she had written a whole little booklet on it. She shared, “I have discovered much about my own faith through these conversion stories.  Some were life-changing events, like...

He said it. Janusz Wallus must rot in jail! What is it in me that reacts so violently to this concept, “rot in jail.?”  Is it just a way of speaking? Sadly, we hear it quite often and mostly in response to really gruesome crimes that are almost...

April 15.  Doctors and nurses are frontline workers these days dealing with the reality of life and death in the fight against Covid-19.   But other challenging situations arise too.  Sophie, a nurse, working in a public hospital shared, “I wonder...

Easter and Resurrection, synonymous or not? Maybe we shouldn’t use the term “Easter” when we talk of the season but rather “Resurrection”  which is a more descriptive term for the reality of who we are and what we are commemorating.    Resurrection...