To Love Is To Give Life
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 knows that family life is undergoing changes...
Category: Marriage
63 Years for Joan and Clive Leon!
Joan and Clive Leon of St John the Evangelist parish in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary with a Mass offered for their intention. They are seen with parish priest Fr...
Engaged Encounter Couple Gets Papal Nod!
When Fr Patrick Rakeketsi CSS called a Pretoria North couple to come forward at Mass, they were surprised to receive a special blessing from Pope Francis. Bridgette and Kabelo Senne received the papal blessing...
Is Marriage a Cultural Concept?
Tony Meehan, Cape Town – Your report “Church reaction to amended polygamy law” details the recognition of the Customary Marriages Act and agrees with the sentiments of providing the equal treatment of women in...
As We Celebrate 25 Years Of Marriage
On July 27 we celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary with family and friends at The Bridge wedding venue in Johannesburg. It was a great day to recall where we started, and also to renew our...
Congratulations Michelle Daniels and Kerman Pillay!
Fr Peter Lafferty CSSp presided at the wedding of Michelle Daniels and Kerman Pillay in Holy Trinity church in Musgrave, Durban. (Submitted by Rea Mina)
Couples Must Be Each Other’s Servants
A couple is getting married. Will they look for the other to make them happy, or will they seek to always serve one another? Rob & Mahadi Buthelezi examine the reasons couples want to...
50 Years for Patrick and Diana Budd!
Patrick and Diana Budd of Pinetown, Durban, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a thanksgiving service and renewal of vows. Their golden anniversary service was conducted by Fr Brian Southward, retired parish priest at...
Love Wins For SA/NZ Couple Celebrating 40 Years
Warren and Gloria Firth are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in their home in Christchurch, New Zealand, where they had to move due to apartheid laws. They met in 1978 in London. He was...
65 Years for Victor & Maureen Blair!
Victor and Maureen (née Campbell) Blair have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. They were married on May 8, 1954, in Emmanuel cathedral in Durban.
The Genes You Wear
By Mahadi and Rob Buthelezi – Who am I and who are you? What is your make-up, your DNA? Or, put differently, what genes do you wear? In our family ministry, we put...
50 Years for Robin and Jennifer Vezasie!
Robin and Jennifer Vezasie of St Anne’s parish in Sydenham in Durban celebrated their golden jubilee of marriage—50 years to the day they were married at Emmanuel cathedral in 1968 by Fr Joseph Theobald...
