Be Transformed

One of the wonderful reflections we heard while on our Equipes Notre-Dame (Teams) international gathering in July in Turin featured ‘carbon’. Atomically carbon is in the world in many forms; commonly as coal; rarely as diamond – they’re both the same atom but configured differently, presented differently to us.  One gives heat and burns to […]

Roses and Ashes

Have you started thinking about Lent yet? This year St Valentine’s Day, falls on Ash Wednesday. So how to combine red roses with fasting and ashes? When we marry we profess in our vows to follow our paths of life together, no matter what that may mean. We commit to being more than just alongside […]

Happy New Year 2024

WE ARE THE ALLIANCE OF CATHOLIC MARRIAGE ORGANISATIONS GREETING YOU IN THE NEW YEAR 2024 We hope your Christmas was a blessed time among family and friends for you. We pray that you’ve started the New Year with hope in your hearts. The organisations of the alliance are committed to supporting every marriage, whatever their […]

When Autumn Leaves Begin to Fall . . .

We are approaching Autumn, with a different awareness this year – we’ve had a few funerals of friends and family and it’s highlighted for us that we are in the Autumn years of our lives. There’s been much joy amidst the sadness, the gatherings of family and friends, many blessings, and of course the questions […]

Turning Over a New Leaf

One of the many pleasures of the summer break is snuggling down to read a book. This varies from the delight of reading something new, through to the more nuanced one of returning again and again to an old favourite. The latter practice provides the opportunity to understand the text better, to pay greater attention […]