May joy surround you and peace fill your heart with love and the fullness of humility in this graceful Christmas time period and all through the New Year.
Faith
Prayer to St Joseph for Canada
Hail, St Jospeh , Patron of Canada , protector and guardian of our beloved homeland . Keep under your sovereign patronage, in this hour of crisis , the unity , the faith and integrity of your children ,the Canadian people, from sea to sea . Amen
Season’s Greetings
Let Your Hope Not to Be Diminished. It’s that time of year when we reflect on life and this takes me to a much earlier time in the days of my youth in Africa. As a young boy in my village in Togo, West Africa we picked truffles in the forest; most time this was our
Investing In Family and Faith to Minimize Social Isolation
Too many of us struggle with being disconnected. New studies show that social institutions help lower loneliness Social isolation and loneliness are among the most important challenges of our times, and governments alone can’t fix them. Frankly, these problems are too big for the politicians. Consider some basic findings from a new Angus Reid Institute study,
Why We Should Respond to the Lure of Wedding Bells
There are sharp differences in family life satisfaction and perceived relationship stability between married and cohabiting parents As surely as spring arrives this month, wedding season won’t be far behind. But the peal of wedding bells signifies more than just the formalization of a relationship, according to new data from the Global Family and Gender
Zimbabweans Come Out Against Religious Coercive Conversions
Zimbabweans from various human rights organizations including youths, women and faith-based bodies- joined the rest of the Southern African region this morning calling for citizens to rally for the protection of freedom of religion and the abuses by religious institutions globally. Yolanda Ndlovu, one of the organizers and coordinators of the Harare event, told The
The Relevance Of Easter in Light Of The Global Pandemic
Uncertainty, constant change, anxiety, isolation and loss have become our universal companions. But this too will pass Over the next days and weeks, people of faith will have to be flexible and creative because COVID-19 has upended religious celebrations. Passover, Easter and Ramadan will have to be observed virtually in the home, making use of