One of my recent columns in The Catholic Weekly: My nine year old daughter and I recently spent a weekend away at a mother and daughter camp organised by parents at her school. We met up with girls from her year and their mothers, and spent two days basically having fun together. My daughter loved…
Here’s a humility project challenge for you
Humility, however deep it be, neither disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by peace, joy and tranquility. St Teresa of Avila, Way of Perfection. Ok, so I had a couple of people wanting to follow me on this project I set myself of wanting to spend the month reflecting on and…
The humility project – days one to six
We’re mid-way through my favourite 15 days of the year, from October 1, the feast of St Therese of Lisieux, to October 15, feast of St Teresa of Avila, with our wedding anniversary, my birthday and the full bursting forth of Spring in between. This month I set aside to dedicate to a humility project,…
Parenting fails and God’s mercy
My column published last week in The Catholic Weekly. Photo by Schlomit Wolf. I’ve had my fair share of ‘parenting fails’, as all parents probably do. I’ve left children at school until late in the afternoon, only realising I had to pick them up when they rang me from the office to ask where I…
Marilyn Rodrigues 