THE FAMILY IN THE EARLY CHURCH
May 9. (Ascension Thursday is moved to Sunday in South Africa.) A general discussion was held. “Why do we hear mostly about men in the stories of the early Church? How did it really work, what about their families and wives?” “We are used to worshipping in the…
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…
MISSIONARY PREACHING TO HOUSEHOLD
May 7. Household Conversion. “How powerful was the preacher’s and his preaching to make people believe, or was it because of miracles and signs?” They commented in the family as they returned from the parish mission where the preaching had been on the reading of the…
LISTENING AND SHARING BUILDS FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
May 6. Pauline commented “You know, I never realised it but Paul had a pretty bad time on those missionary journeys of his. Sometimes they loved him and wanted to make him king. Next thing they hate him and want to stone him or beat him and put him in jail. I…
SUNDAY 6B. THE JOY OF LOVE
May 5. 6th Sunday of Easter B. Fr George started by saying, “I almost don’t need to preach a sermon, just using the words of Jesus today is an examination of conscience and a test to see how deep our faith is and how often it does lead us to…
INTERRELIGIOUS FAMILIES
May 4. George and Fatima could share well with others on another sensitive subject. “In our parish we have some converts from Hindu and Muslim backgrounds, but unfortunately for us as parents some of our girls having married into Muslim families have become…
TRADITIONS, PRACTICES, RULES AND CONSCIENCE
See https://marfam.org.za/2024/05/02/2024-family-year-planner-may-thoughts-for-the-day-theme-parents-form-families/ if you wish to access the whole month for distribution. May 3. Some group members shared with one another and the teens in their families, …
HUMAN DIGNITY AND MORAL ISSUES
May 2. Abigail said, “It is interesting that debates about cultural practices, like the need for circumcision to be a Christian, happened in the early church and now we have our own traditions around marriage and family practices too. I find it intriguing that…
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…
THE PEACE OF CARING IN A FAMILY OF FAMILIES
April 30. Older parents. Archie shared, “In our groups we have mostly been talking about us and our children but are there not some here who still have our own older parents living with us too, or who may need constant care from us. For Bernie…
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