MARFAM THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY JULY 2025
OVERVIEW JULY. Grandparents are families’ roots. Old age is in many cultures and families recognized with respect, and the elderly are guarded by their offspring and the wider community, in animal and also in human society. Grandparents belong...
JUBILEE. CORPUS CHRISTI, SACRED HEART AND THE FAMILY
MARFAM WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 25 JUNE 2025 2025 FW 25 June CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE FAMILY In the last 3 weeks some important feastdays were celebrated throughout the Church: Pentecost, Trinity Sunday and Corpus Christi, the feast of the Body and...
JUBILEE. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES DEALING WITH ADDICTION
MARFAM FAMILY E-NEWSLETTER 18 JUNE 2025 In SA June is Youth month and MARFAM’s theme is “Children belong in Families.” Last week, with Father’s Day coming up I added ”And so do Dads.” We listened to the pain of 2 dads in Israel, one a Jew and the other a...
FATHERS DAY RESOURCES 2025
Fathers' Day nearly always falls very close to Youth Day in South Africa and it can be helpful to combine the two in some ways. MARFAM'S 11 June Newsletter with the theme CHILDREN BELONG IN FAMILIES, AND SO DO DADS is another resource that can be uploaded from...
JUBILEE. CHILDREN BELONG IN FAMILIES AND DADS DO TOO
MARFAM FAMILY WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 11 JUNE 2025 Pope Leo XIV greets people as he rides in the popemobile before celebrating Pentecost Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican June 8, 2025, concluding the Jubilee of Ecclesial Movements, Associations and New...
JUBILEE OF FAMILIES. WHY FAMILIES MATTER
MARFAM FAMILY WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 4 JUNE 2025 When Pope Francis initiated the 2025 Jubilee year last year would he have wondered if he would be here with all those groups of pilgrims that have come to Rome at this time, and will still come during the course of...
MARFAM THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY JUNE 2025
June Thoughts for the Day focus on children in families. In SA there is a big focus on lost children, abuse and trafficking, because of the case of Joshlin Smith whose whereabouts are still unknown, even though her mother has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Pope...
JUBILEE. LAUDATO SI WEEK WITH POPE FRANCIS LET US SING AS WE GO.
MARFAM WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER. LAUDATO SI WEEK Wednesday, 28th May 2025. Almost at the end of his encyclical LAUDATO SI Pope Francis included just a few words that touched a chord in me. “Let sing as we go.” And he adds, “May our struggles and our concern for this...
BIODIVERSITY DAY 2025 IN OUR WORLD A FAMILY OF FAMILIES
MARFAM WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 21 MAY 20225 Just before the start of LAUDATO SI WEEK from 24 – 31 May and after that the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity leading up to Pentecost, the world is commemorating INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY on May 22, Its theme...
FROM FRANCIS TO LEO. BIRDS OF A FEATHER.
MARFAM WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 14 May.2025 The saying “Birds of a feather flock together,” appears to be a very ancient proverb, not necessarily blblical, but certainly relevant in our environmental thinking. Spiritually there is much symbolism in the sentiment of...
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