Are We Really Family-Friendly?
It’s amazing! What jumped out at me immediately on reading Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation was this: “We...
It’s amazing! What jumped out at me immediately on reading Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation was this: “We...
Church / Holy Spirit / Rowland
by Toni Rowland · Published June 2, 2020 · Last modified June 1, 2020
Happy Pentecost! That is my wish and prayer for families as we explore how we have managed our spirituality during these months of lockdown. My hope and...
by Toni Rowland · Published February 11, 2020 · Last modified February 6, 2020
In response to two current social issues that need serious attention we came up with the 2020 theme for MARFAM: “Our World, A Family Of Families”. Everyone...
In his latest document, Pope Francis reflected on the Nativity scene. (Photo: Andreas Böhme) December is almost over and we have gone from preparation mode to the peace...
by Toni Rowland · Published November 5, 2019 · Last modified December 1, 2019
Before I started writing this article I was reading the October 16 issue of The Southern Cross. A few things in particular struck me as particularly interesting....
Do you and I feel at peace with those we have loved and who have died? What about us who are left behind after a death or a separation or divorce?
Our family and our cultural backgrounds have a great influence on the new families we form. Ways of being and traditions — social and religious — in...
Working with family themes month by month has been quite useful for me to reflect more deeply on the domestic church, or the little church of the...
Christian Living / Mercy & Forgiveness / Rowland
by Toni Rowland · Published May 21, 2019 · Last modified May 25, 2019
I had never been a very dedicated follower of the popular Divine Mercy devotion. But around 2016, the time of the Year of Mercy, and even before...
Christian Living / Church / Family / Lent / Rowland
by Toni Rowland · Published March 30, 2019 · Last modified March 29, 2019
Someone said to me the other day that your Lenten sacrifice should be your secret with God. That sounds fine, to a point. I also know that...
by Toni Rowland · Published February 1, 2019 · Last modified January 31, 2019
It’s quite a number of years now that I have been submitting this column under the heading “Family Friendly”. Apart from the feedback I get from time...
This will be the last of my columns for 2018, a journey that has attempted to “Catholicise” the concept of ubuntu. At a conference early in the...
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