Basic Education Their Future At Stake
The front cover picture was certainly not taken during Covid times. We do not know its exact location, but it could be from any particular school in rural South Africa. What indeed the image of these children reflects is their eagerness for learning and doing it together. Their minds are surely full of dreams; their desires for a bright future cannot be frustrated. The task of offering them an inclusive and integral quality education can look gigantic, but each one’s contribution can make the miracle happen.
Mission is Fun
Mind in the Fields
BY Efrem Tresoldi | MCCJ
PROFESSOR OF philosophy, Fr Archie has been lecturing for years at the city’s Theological University. Esteemed for the vast knowledge in his field of studies, he is also known for his proverbial forgetfulness.
One day he is travelling by train, quietly seated among other passengers, holding a book in his hands. He is deeply absorbed in his thoughts when he hears the voice of the ticket inspector: “The ticket please!” Fr Archie begins to search in the pockets of his trousers first, then in the jacket—but nothing. Next, he looks thoroughly in his briefcase. In vain, there is no trace of the ticket. He becomes rather frantic, rousing the attention of fellow travellers next to him. Seeing his embarrassment, the ticket inspector looks kindly at him and with a reassuring voice says, “Father we have no doubt that you bought the ticket. Do not worry, you will find it”. “No! this is not the problem”, replies a rather distressed Fr Archie. “The problem is that I do not know where I have to alight”.
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February 1 – Blessed Benedict Daswa 2 – World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life 4 – International Day of Human Fraternity 6 – International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation 8 – International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking 11 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science 11 – World Day of the Sick 13 – World Radio Day 20 – World Day of Social Justice 21 – International Mother Language Day March 1 – Zero Discrimination Day 2 – Ash Wednesday 3 – World Wildlife Day 8 – International Women’s Day 15 – St Daniel Comboni’s Birthday 20 – International Day of Happiness 21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 21 – SA Human Rights Day 22 – World Water Day 24 – World Tuberculosis Day 24 – International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade |