THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. 23RD SUNDAY. STEWARDSHIP
September 6. TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. WEEK TWO (6 – 12 September 2026) Theme: “I have made a watchtower for the house of Israel” (Ez 33:7) SACBC Opening Prayer: The Prayer for Peace on the Jubilee of St Francis of Assisi, PRAYER FOR THE SEASON OF…
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. MOTHER TERESA. “PEACE BEGINS WITH A SMILE.”
Check out https://www.marfam.org.za/laudato-si/ MARFAM SHOP COMING SOON. September 5. St Mother Teresa of Calcutta feastday. PEACE ON EARTH BEGINS IN THE HOME. (From Becoming Eco-Friendly Families) The world of today is experiencing wars and conflicts on very…
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. ECO-FRIENDLY FAMILIES
September 4. ECO-FRIENDLY FAMILIES. (From Becoming Eco-Friendly Families). What is this strange ideal? Terms like environment, ecology, climate change or biodiversity all address the same urgent need, not only to understand the impact of climate change, but also to…
THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY. WATER WARRIORS ARE WATER WISE
September 3. WATER WARRIORS ARE WATER WISE. (From Becoming Eco-Friendly Families) Cecilia is involved with a water provision project in a poor rural area. She arranged for tanks for harvesting rain water to be donated. Georgina laughed when she heard…
SEASON OF CREATION. LIVING WATER.
MARFAM WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 2 SEPTEMBER 2026 1st September has been and gone, one could say, but it is definitely not the end, but Day One, the start of 34 days of Caring for our Common Home in a more focused way than usual. The theme of Living Water in fact gives us…
OVERVIEW FOR SEASON OF CREATION AND THOUGHT FOR THE DAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2026.
For general information go to https://marfam.org.za/laudato-si-2/ THE ECUMENICAL SEASON OF CREATION – 1 SEPTEMBER – 4 OCTOBER 2026 The season was initiated in the Eastern Orthodox church in 1989 and has been supported by many churches over the years, from 2019…
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. BUILDING THE CIVILISATION OF LOVE
August 31. SEE. Justice and Peace groups and family groups each had their own ideas to build on and share in the PPC at the end of this time. Jonas from Family Life was strong on the need to build resilient families but had been particularly touched by the…
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. SUNDAY 22A. COUPLE LOVE A SIGN TO ALL
Prepare for the Season of Creation in your homes and parishes. go to https://www.seasonofcreation.org August 30. SEE. Sunday 22A. Fr Joseph in his homily at the end of this month was consciously speaking to the adults, those in committed…
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. OUR TALENTS – OUR RESPONSIBILITY
The five week Season of Creation starts on 1 September. To prepare for this in parishes and families check https://www.seasonofcreation.org. Its theme is LIVING WATER. Here is a short prayer adapted from the longer version. DAILY FAMILY PRAYER for the Season of…
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. MEETING ST AUGUSTINE
August 28. SEE. Fr Thabo said, “seeing that we now have an Augustinian Pope, who loves to quote from St Augustine we better learn more about this early African saint. He was a brilliant worldly young man who, like St Paul, also received a call to…
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