MAY 15, INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FAMILIES 30TH ANNIVERSARY. INTERNATIONAL FAMILY DAY
Happy 30th Anniversary International Year of the Family and MARFAM. What does the year 1994 mean to you and me or any of our families? In South Africa the major event was the 1st fully democratic election and the start of a new dispensation...
CHRISTIAN UNITY WEEK OF PRAYER. DAY 2. MAY 13
Help me Lord to love you, my neighbour and myself with all that I am. Scripture: The lawyer answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself” (Lk...
COMMEMORATIONS OF CHRISTIAN UNITY, FAMILY AND CLIMATE AND LAUDATO SI WEEK
A combined commemoration of Christian Unity Week of Prayer, 30th Anniversary of the UN International Year of the Family and Laudato si' Week. LAUDATO-SI-AND-CHRISTIAN-UNITY-WEEK-2024Download Pentecost-Interdenominational-Prayer-ServiceDownload
ECO-FRIENDLY PARENTING IN THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE FAMILY +30.
MARFAM WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 8 MAY 2024 As the theme for the IYF+30 is “Families and Climate Change” I believe the heading and title of a current MARFAM document is very appropriate. BECOMING ECO-FRIENDLY FAMILIES has been a focus from the time when I became more...
2024 FAMILY YEAR PLANNER. MAY THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY. THEME: PARENTS FORM FAMILIES
OVERVIEW: MAY: Parents Form Families. Whether it is a study of biology, human physiology or spirituality, the gift of co-creation with God, everywhere in nature, should be recognized as one of God's greatest gifts. The male and female in nature, a man and woman,...
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF………………….
I was tempted to add .........in the life of an almost octogenarian econut, because that is how I consider myself right now, 3 months short of turning 80 and crazily caught up in my ideal of building ECO-FRIENDLY FAMILIES. But there are too many ramifications...
HOW FREE ARE WE?
MARFAM, FAMILY WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 24 APRIL 2024 As we celebrate Freedom Day in SA on 27 April it is good to spend a little time reflecting on the meaning of freedom. Are we free to be, or just free to see? Are we free to do, are we free from or free...
GOD AND FAMILY. HEALTHY FAMILIES – HEALTHY PLANET
MARFAM WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER APRIL 17 2024. When I was composing my newsletter and gathering my thoughts last week about Family Spirituality I noted that one of the elements of family spirituality is family meals. We all know these days how family...
FAMILY SPIRITUALITY. GOD AND FAMILY, IN FAMILY, AS FAMILY
MARFAM weekly e-newsletter 10 April 2024 During MARFAM’s 30 years family spirituality has been an important focus in our ministry. Even before that marriage spirituality was the first focus that Chris and I promoted while working in marriage preparation. But it...
THE ARMS OF LOVE AND THE ARMS OF WAR
MARFAM FAMILY WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 3 APRIL 2024 When I read the annual Urbi et Orbi message of Pope Francis, to the diocese of Rome and the world, for Easter Sunday 2024 there were many special places, names, words, thoughts and feelings that touched a chord with me....
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