LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. WATERWEEK AND LOVE FOR THE POOR
MARFAM WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER 18 MARCH 2026 When you want peace, work for justice which is based on love. This opening line in the newsletter brings together some different issues for me. Peace, of course, is almost an immediate overriding concern for a large number of…
LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. FOLLOWING ONE’S CONSCIENCE
Check out https://marfam.org.za/lent-and-family-celebrations-year-of-st-francis/ 17 March. SEE. Joseph and his son Aubrey continued their conversation. “Dad, in those old apartheid days, did you and your friends really do things that were against the…
LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. SOCIAL ACTION WITH LOVE
16 March. The Social Action apostolate. SEE. Joseph had been involved in social action programmes for a long time and their son Aubrey once asked, “Dad, why do some of the parishioners seem to be against what you do? In our youth group we also find that the guys pick…
LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. LAETARE SUNDAY
As we grow closer and to prepare for to Holy Week, families at home can hold a simple Family Prayer Meal and a Reconciliation service. 5 March. Laetare Sunday Lent 4A. SEE. At first when they discovered that Yusuf was born blind Cornelia was worried. Had it been…
LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. REFLECTING ON CREATION WITH ST FRANCIS FOR “24 HOURS FOR THE LORD.”
An initiative for this time, by Pope Francis, is “24 Hours for the Lord” to be commemorated on Friday and Saturday before 4th Sunday of Lent with Eucharistic adoration, reflection and personal conversion. 14 March. SEE. Milly brought a school project she had worked…
LENT. YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. NATURE AS A REVELATION OF GOD
13 March. An initiative for this time, by Pope Francis, is “24 Hours for the Lord” to be commemorated on Friday and Saturday before 4th Sunday of Lent with Eucharistic adoration, reflection and personal conversion. Nature as a revelation from God. SEE. Since her…
LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. THE COMMON GOOD
12 March. SEE. Promoting the common good. Stephen added, “It is difficult to legislate for the common good and things like ecological conversion. It has been very interesting to see how much money and energy went into fighting the Covid virus. At that time climate…
LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. ECOLOGICAL CONVERSION
10 March. Ecological conversion. SEE. Joyce shared her thoughts, “The whole world was badly affected by the COVID-19 virus and health workers and families suffered many difficulties. More recently the invasion and wars in Ukraine, Gaza and elsewhere,…
LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. COMPASSION
9 March. Compassion. SEE. Prudence had been an AIDS activist. She compared the COVID-19 pandemic to HIV/AIDS and also to leprosy, which had historically been a serious scourge in Jesus’ day and also at the time of St Francis. The stigma in such cases was…
LENT YEAR OF ST FRANCIS. LENT SUNDAY 3. PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION
8 March. SEE. 3rd Sunday of Lent A. SEE. Having been active in the liberation struggle in South Africa Fr Fidelis was conscious of discrimination So he began by asking, “Should Jesus have spoken to the Samaritan woman? Today that might…
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