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SACBC Marriage Awareness Weeks

by Phuti Makgabo | Aug 19, 2021 | Marriage and Family, Uncategorized

While the statistics on marriage and family wellness may not be so encouraging nowadays, there are still marriages and families that are a shining example of hope; of what can be achieved. This is despite the problems and challenges they come across. Some marriages...
SACBC Bishops go for a Plenary Meeting

SACBC Bishops go for a Plenary Meeting

by Phuti Makgabo | Jul 30, 2021 | Marriage and Family, News, Uncategorized

The bishops of the SACBC will have their second Plenary Session of 2021 starting on Monday the 2nd of August. Among the items to be discussed is the socio-political situations in eSwatini and South Africa. The SACBC had previously voiced their support for the Bishop...

Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the First World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

by Phuti Makgabo | Jun 22, 2021 | Laity, Marriage and Family, News

The 25th July 2021 is the day set aside for celebrating the First World Day for Grandparents and the elderly. In his message on the 22nd June 2021 to the elderly His Holiness Pope Francis said, “I am well aware that this Message comes to you at a difficult time:...

The opening of the new Marriage & Family Life Office (MFLO) in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg.

by Phuti Makgabo | May 11, 2021 | Marriage and Family

The new Marriage & Family Life Office (MFLO) in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg. The MFLO begins this great mission right in the midst of the “Amoris Laetitia Family” Year, instituted by Pope Francis, which started on the 19th of March and ends on the 26th of June...

Death Notification: Mrs Ntsako Iggy Motiang

by Phuti Makgabo | Apr 6, 2021 | Marriage and Family, News

We wish to inform you of the untimely death of Mrs Ntsako Ignatia Julia Motiang who was one of the SACBC Marriage and Family Life Office working group member. Mrs Motiang passed away on 01 April 2021. Mrs Ntsako Motiang and Mr Ali Motiang have been active in the...

Another overdue victory for human dignity

by Phuti Makgabo | Apr 1, 2021 | Marriage and Family, News, Social Action

Would-be parents have right to bury remains of dead foetus: high court Judge Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi declared sections of the Births and Deaths Registration Act (BDRA) — which effectively deems a foetus less than 26 weeks to be “medical waste” that must be incinerated...
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