LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. ECUMENISM
28 March. Ecumenism. SEE. Jan and Annabi normally kept in the background and seldom shared their thoughts. As the groups were now approaching Holy Week Jan decided to share something that was deep in his heart. “The way I was brought up in the Dutch…
LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. HUMAN RIGHTS AND A THROW-AWAY WORLD.
27 March. . Human Rights and a Throw-away World. SEE. Zandile and George were veterans of the SA liberation struggle and during this time of the year often spoke of those days. “It is interesting to see how the scripture readings as we approach Holy Week describe…
LENT. YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. GIVING GLORY TO GOD
26 March. SEE. Glory. Grandmother Josie took her turn. “I would like us to go to what Jesus said about himself in John’s gospel, chapter 8. He disputes with the Jewish leaders about God, his own relationship with his Father, his work of…
LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. SUNDAY 5A
Celebrating Holy Week and Easter at home with MARFAM, See suggestions below 22 March. Sunday Lent 5A. SEE. Fr Fidelis started his homily by saying,” Wasn’t that story of Lazarus and his sisters a very long one, but a nice one about Jesus and his very good friends. …
LENT AND ST FRANCIS. HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SA
21 March. Human Rights Day SA. Zanela shared, “Today we commemorate Human Rights Day in South Africa. It commemorates an ugly and a very sad incident in our political history. In Sharpeville in 1960, in one of the earliest anti-apartheid demonstrations, police fired…
LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. WISDOM AND TRUE LISTENING
20 March. SEE. Wisdom and true listening. . Family members, especially in larger families can live separate lives, even if they are in the same house. Time to talk, to pray and share is always a challenge. Different members grow in different ways in their faith and…
LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. WATERWEEK AND LOVE FOR THE POOR
MARFAM WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 18 MARCH 2026 When you want peace, work for justice which is based on love. This opening line in the newsletter brings together some different issues for me. Peace, of course, is almost an immediate overriding concern for a large number of…
LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. FOLLOWING ONE’S CONSCIENCE
Check out https://marfam.org.za/lent-and-family-celebrations-year-of-st-francis/ 17 March. SEE. Joseph and his son Aubrey continued their conversation. “Dad, in those old apartheid days, did you and your friends really do things that were against the…
LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. SOCIAL ACTION WITH LOVE
16 March. The Social Action apostolate. SEE. Joseph had been involved in social action programmes for a long time and their son Aubrey once asked, “Dad, why do some of the parishioners seem to be against what you do? In our youth group we also find that the guys pick…
LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. LAETARE SUNDAY
As we grow closer and to prepare for to Holy Week, families at home can hold a simple Family Prayer Meal and a Reconciliation service. 5 March. Laetare Sunday Lent 4A. SEE. At first when they discovered that Yusuf was born blind Cornelia was worried. Had it been…
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