No doubt traditions at Christmas, like much else in life, has changed. My own childhood memories are of setting up our family crib, without the baby until Christmas night of course, as well as music and singing.
I am a lay person involved in ministry, aware of the role of the laity in the temporal domain. This self-description sometimes clarifies the idea of mission for me and at others totally confuses it
‘Where on earth did you come from and where in heaven do you think you’re going?” This question is the core of a little booklet with the title “Our Catholic Heritage”, produced by MARFAM some 15 years ago. These questions are still as relevant but the situations of families and of our countries and our world are changing continually.
Toni Rowland examines women ‘s roles past and present – why they changed and why they are not perfect right...
As the Church celebrates the feast of the grandparents of Jesus this month, we’ve chosen that aspect of family life...
While the overall family theme for the year is “Families Walk the Talk” and for May it was “Parents Walk...
What is humility really all about? I ask the question on the occasion of Divine Mercy Sunday and also in...
In true family-friendly fashion of course, I cannot but comment on the newly issued bishops’ pastoral letter on marriage and...
Into the second month of the new year means it’s a bit late for resolutions, but maybe still a time for checking...
