Christian Living / Family / Rowland
by Toni Rowland · Published August 30, 2018 · Last modified August 28, 2018
The Australian writer and gender activist GD Anderson observed of that empowerment: “Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.”
Christian Living / Church / Editorials 2018 / Family
by Editor · Published July 22, 2018 · Last modified July 20, 2018
Much has changed in the half century since the release of Pope Paul VI’s controversial encyclical Humanae Vitae (“Of Human Life”), and yet a lot of it is more prophetic now than it was...
Church / Faith Life / Family / Rowland
by Toni Rowland · Published July 7, 2018 · Last modified July 6, 2018
Participating in a conference of the Department of Social Development was enlightening and for me also affirming. I know that those in the DSD Family Directorate and the family services forum understand and base their...
Church / Family / Letter of the Week / Prayer
by Letters Editor · Published June 27, 2018 · Last modified June 26, 2018
Stephen A Clark, Manila, Philippines – My wife and I participated in a panel discussion on conflict resolution in families several years ago. As the building block of society and the Church, what happens...
A new Vatican document cautions against the dangers of highly competitive children’s sports, political and economic pressures on athletes to win ‘“at all costs” and the unsportsmanlike or violent behaviour of fans. The document...
Christian Leadership / Christian Living / Family / Mary / Rowland
by Toni Rowland · Published May 8, 2018 · Last modified May 6, 2018
Ideally two parents belong together, ideally too a dad and a mom. But this is not necessarily the case today as more children are being brought up by single moms than in two-parent families.
Christian Living / Diaconate / Family
by Caleb SC · Published April 12, 2018 · Last modified April 11, 2018
When our children were small, we tried to show them who they were from the inside by being godly on the outside. Our parents instilled in us great principles and values and we wanted to do the same for our children so that they could be responsible citizens of the world. We encouraged them to be strong on the inside and at peace on the outside.
Christian Living / Family / Holy Spirit / Human Rights / Rowland
by Toni Rowland · Published March 17, 2018 · Last modified March 16, 2018
Rights and responsibilities balance one another out, but when it comes to rights and respect, which comes first? Do rights flow from respect, or do rights lead to respect, or both?
Family / Letter of the Week / Prayer
by Letters Editor · Published March 16, 2018 · Last modified March 11, 2018
More than a year ago, my daughter’s divorced husband suddenly began action for custody of their 23-year-old mentally challenged daughter, after 20 years of apparently friendly separation. A legal battle ensued and we began praying to Our Lady for a just settlement.
Christmas may be over, but before we know it, it’ll again be Advent and Christmas again. And then it will be good to remember that the 12 Days of Christmas are those after the feast of the Nativity, not before.
Family / Fr Pierre Goldie / Letter of the Week
by Letters Editor · Published December 29, 2017 · Last modified December 21, 2017
Fr Pierre Goldie, Cape Town – Imagine Mrs Jones relating the life of Christ to her children in 2025 in the following way:
Church / Evil & Persecution / Family
by Caleb SC · Published November 6, 2017 · Last modified November 2, 2017
US Bishop Michael Burbidge writes on domestic violence in families within the US – we in South Africa have as great a problem with the same issue.
