Do Families Have Rights?
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?
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Power of Prayer Saves a Family
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.
A Family Liturgical Cycle?
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.
Parents, Teach Your Children Well
Fr Pierre Goldie, Cape Town – Imagine Mrs Jones relating the life of Christ to her children in 2025 in the following way:
Addressing the Scourge of Domestic Violence
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.
What is Our Real Mission?
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
Mater Homes Fight Abortion By Helping Women
Twenty years ago a Durban priest took the initiative to provide women in pregnancy crisis with an alternative to abortion. Since then, the Mater homes have become a safe haven for many pregnant women and victims of domestic abuse, as Ilse van Bueren explains.
We Must Share Dangerous Memories
“To keep a dangerous memory alive, we need to tell and hear our South African story. We need to find...
Let’s Hear it For Gogo and Oupa
As the Church celebrates the feast of the grandparents of Jesus this month, we’ve chosen that aspect of family life...
