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...
Category: Marriage
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...
After Divorce, Have Compassion
Marriage is not easy, and sometimes it simply fails. Tshiamo Stephen Takongwa, a marriage counsellor, argues that Church and society should be compassionate towards divorcees, helping them to heal. Summer! It’s that time of...
Marriage Preparation at St Peter Claver Parish
St Peter Claver parish in Pimville, Soweto, presented couples who had completed their marriage preparation course with certificates. Parish priest Fr Tom Segami OMI and Fr Mahlomola Skoto OMI blessed all the couples. Thato...
Pope: Fidelity is for Every Vocation, Not Just Marriage
The Sixth Commandment’s mandate against adultery is a call to fidelity that applies not only to married couples, but to all Christians called to love others through their vocation, Pope Francis said. Married men...
Pope Calls for Stronger Preparation for the Sacrament of Marriage
Every heart longs for unconditional love and fidelity, Pope Francis said. “Christ reveals authentic love,” the pope said during his weekly general audience. “He is the faithful friend who welcomes us even when we...
‘Mercy and Love Can Heal Wounded Marriages’
God wants couples to live out their marriage faithfully and not abandon hope when things go awry, Pope Francis said. “A love with mutual self-giving sustained by Christ’s grace” is what allows couples to...
Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year Reflection
By Fr John Allen Green OFM Gospel: Mark 10:2-16 – And Pharisees approached and tested him, asking him whether it is lawful for a man to divorce his wife. But in reply he said to...
Married after 25 Years of Friendship!
After a friendship lasting a quarter of a century, a Durban couple finally married. Janet and Gerald Breda, both widowed, married at Our Lady Star of the Sea church in Amanzimtoti, 25 years after...
50 Years for Ron and Olga Williams!
Ron and Olga Williams were married 50 years ago on August 18. Olga and Aloysious (Ron) Williams celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this month. They were married on August 18, 1968, by the late...
Marriage Preparation With a Difference
Mater Dei Pastoral Centre in Mokopane, in Polokwane diocese, offers a marriage preparation course with a difference, including talks by medical doctors, civil lawyers and priests specialising in canon law.
50 Years for Armando and Maria José dos Santos!
Armando and Maria José dos Santos celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at Mass at Our Lady of Fatima parish in Brentwood Park, Benoni. Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Johannesburg is pictured with the couple as they...
