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Interview: She is Now a Refugee
Can you close your eyes and imagine for one moment what it would be like if you had to flee your home right now? No notice period, no warning, no time to think…just…grab what you can carry…and leave. I met Adele (not her real name) over the Easter weekend. She...
An Examination of Conscience
It’s important to regularly take the time to examine our conscience, to pause and reflect on our life and look for the ways we may have done wrong or failed to do good. The important part of this process is to reflect on our sorrow over our sins, and how they have...
God Will Not Fail or Desert You
“Be strong, stand firm, have no fear, do not be afraid of them, for Yahweh your God is going with you and will not fail you or desert you.” ~ Deuteronomy 31:8 There is nowhere in the world that God has not gone...
Bookings Open for SMA Summer School 2022
We are delighted to be collaborating with the Society of African Missions for the SMA Summer School 2022, which will once again be taking place online via Zoom. Theme: Sufficiency Not Growth, Towards a More Sustainable Future. The Summer School provides high-quality,...
God Uses the Broken
“but he has answered me, 'My grace is enough for you: for power is at full stretch in weakness.' It is, then, about my weaknesses that I am happiest of all to boast, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me;” ~ 2 Corinthians...
The Peace of God Surpasses Understanding
Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” ~...
Lenten Journey…The Pathway
A Reflection by Fr. Christopher Emokhare, SMA Lent in most Christian denominations is the forty-day liturgical season of fasting and prayer before Easter. The forty days represent the time Jesus spent in the desert, where according to the Sacred Scripture; he endured...
We Find Our Strength in God
“but those who hope in Yahweh will regain their strength, they will sprout wings like eagles, though they run they will not grow weary, though they walk they will never tire.” ~ Isaiah 40:31 Spending time in prayer can provide us with perspective and allow us...
The Inaugural JCFJ Annual Lecture
‘Illumination in Dark Times – The Surprising Contemporary Relevance of Catholic Social Teaching’ is the topic of the inaugural JCFJ Annual Lecture, featuring Professor Anna Rowlands. Dr Rowlands is a Professor of Catholic Social Thought & Practice at the...
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