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.
Rowland
Our Christ-Centred Traditions at Christmas
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.
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
Where Did You Come From, And Where Are You Going?
‘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.
Women: Genius or Victim?
Toni Rowland examines women ‘s roles past and present – why they changed and why they are not perfect right...
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...
Parent-Child Relationships: The No-Lose Model
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?
What is humility really all about? I ask the question on the occasion of Divine Mercy Sunday and also in...
What to Say to a Pregnant Teenager?
I felt disturbed at how little focus there appeared to be on the issue of abortion in February when the...
