Tag: Holy Family
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP: Bringing the family together
Parish unveils statue
Steven Buhagiar: Knowing the Holy Family as an insider
Image credit: The Holy Family with a Little Bird – Bartolomé Esteban Murillo c.1650 One hundred years ago today, Pope Benedict XV instituted the Feast of the Holy Family and proclaimed that it be celebrated annually on the first Sunday during the Christmas Octave. Although it is most fitting that it be celebrated at this […]
Melto D’Moronoyo: The greatest ‘family business’
By Monsignor Shora Maree
Throughout human history the livelihood for a family was derived, not from one person’s individual career, but mostly from all working together in a family business either on the land or a trade passed on from one generation to another.
This was a strong part of our Maronite and Lebanese culture. Children would typically grow up seeing the hard work and sacrifice of their parents in establishing and running the business, they would see and experience the benefit from the fruits of their parents work and be inspired to follow in their footsteps. In reaching maturity, they would then be told that they are co-owners and therefore co-responsible for the family business.