HOW NOT TO RETURN EVIL FOR EVIL
June 17. “Why did Jesus make such difficult statements,” Maysie asked her mother. “Surely if someone hurts me I’ve got a right to defend myself or fight back?” Mom sighed and replied, “I agree, Jesus made many difficult statements in the Beatitudes, his “blueprint”…
YOUTH DAY AND FATHERS’ DAY
16 June. YOUTH DAY AND FATHERS DAY. Sunday 11B. Today’s fathers, and at times grandfathers, were the youth of 1976 who stood up for justice when their parents did not. Today are those men still taking responsibility? Research has shown that more than half of the…
YOUTH AND THE LAW
15 June. Every year around the day of commemoration of the 1976 Youth uprising the different youth groups, altar servers, choirs, Children of Mary, young adults, and confirmation candidates organised an event and invited the rest of the parish youth who…
ST ANTHONY OF PADUA
June 13. St Anthony of Padua. Giving names to children is a very cultural thing. They might be names of relatives or just any name that sounds nice. In some cultures the name has significance related to the time of the birth. At baptism the Church expects babies to…
OF FAMILIES, CHILDREN, FATHERS AND GNUS
MARFAM FAMILY WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 12 JUNE 2024. “Children belong in families,” is MARFAM’s theme for the month of June and that includes the younger ones as well as youth, This upcoming weekend in SA we celebrate Youth Day as well as Fathers’ Day. …
SALT OF THE EARTH PEOPLE CARE FOR THE EARTH
June 11. Do you think those old ladies in the church are ‘salt of the earth’ people? Mary asked her son Patrick. “Maybe, but when I hear them complaining it makes me wonder if they’ve lost the saltiness. Sodalities are important in the church but I do sometimes hear…
BEATITUDES THE SPIRIT OF THE KINGDOM
June 10. Beatitudes. While some lucky young people had gone to the World Youth Day a year ago the rest of the youth group had also been asked to reflect and share, ideally at home with their families. The youth leader suggested, “The eight beatitudes are a really…
A DEACONS’S VOCATION
June 8. Over some years Bruce had experience a sense of calling to the permanent diaconate. He didn’t say too much when their children were still young but as they grew older he shared this sense with Pat his wife and their teens. “It’s something from deep…
THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS
June 7. Sacred Heart. In apparitions to St Margaret Mary Alacoque Jesus showed her the depth of his love and begged her to promote greater love of him in the particular form of the Sacred Heart. This has become a very well-known image – an earlier version of the…
FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES
June 6. Sometimes families, or parents and children just talk about their own things and just end up arguing, but after their parish meeting they decided that it would be much better to work together as a family on a project. “That way we can enjoy doing something…
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