My Calendar
Events in February 2024
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29/01/2024
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30/01/2024
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31/01/2024
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01/02/2024
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03/02/2024
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04/02/2024(1 event) 
This is a great video (2:15) which gives a motivational overview of cancer. It was produced for World Cancer Day 2019 but remains relevant!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY (CLICK HERE for a 45 second video of this prayer) Loving God, we ask you to bless all whose lives are affected by cancer.
Empower them with hope and give them opportunities for love and laughter each and every day.
Give strength to their family and friends who are supporting and caring for them and help their medical professionals to use all their experience, wisdom and compassion.
We ask this in your holy name! AMEN
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05/02/2024
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06/02/2024(1 event) 
Today is the International Day for Zero Tolerance against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). FGM is the partial or total removal of female genitalia or other injury to the female genitalia for non medical reasons. In Africa alone, 100-140 million girls have undergone FGM within the 28 countries that practice FGM and about 3 million are at risk of undergoing the cut each year. Here's a 57 second video just to get us thinking about this issue. CLICK HERE for a video (5:32) of a UNICEF project relating to this.
A PRAYER FOR TODAY Loving God, we hold before you all who are living with the consequences of FGM. We pray for those working to dispel ignorance about this issue and that the truth be known. We pray especially for community leaders - that they take the side of young girls facing the prospect of FGM and that they will lead their communities to greater understanding so that this practice might be eradicated.
We pray this in your Holy Name. AMEN
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07/02/2024
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08/02/2024(1 event) 
The Catholic Church designates February 8 as an annual day of prayer and awareness against human trafficking. February 8 is the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, who was kidnapped as a child and sold into slavery in Sudan and Italy. Once Josephine was freed, she became a nun and dedicated her life to sharing her testament of deliverance from slavery and comforting the poor and suffering. She was declared a Saint in 2000. On February 8, Catholics all over the world are encouraged to host or attend prayer services to create greater awareness about this phenomenon. Here's a video (3:24) telling her life story.
A PRAYER FOR TODAY St. Josephine Bakhita, you were sold into slavery as a child and endured untold hardship and suffering but you found new hope in Jesus.
We pray that you assist all those who are trapped in a state of slavery; Speak with God on their behalf so that they will be released from their chains of captivity. Those whom some humans enslave, let others with God's strength set free. Provide comfort to survivors of slavery Help all survivors find healing from their wounds.
We pray this in your Holy Name. AMEN |
09/02/2024
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10/02/2024(1 event) 
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11/02/2024(2 events) 
A Prayer for Today (available here as a 1:00 video)
Loving God, we thank you for the discoveries already made by women in science which have contributed so much to our understanding of the universe.
We give thanks for these inspirational women who were strong enough to break through the barriers placed in front of them by society's expectations at the time.
Help us to break through any barriers which might prevent us from being the best we can be.
We ask this in your Holy Name. AMEN
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12/02/2024
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01/03/2024(2 events) 
Here's a video about St David (2:34).
Loving God, we thank you for the example of St. David, you chose to live a simple life, and helped others whose lives were simple not through choice but circumstances.
Help us to consider our choices that we may live more simply in order to make a big difference to others. We pray this in your Holy Name. AMEN |
02/03/2024
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03/03/2024(1 event) 
Here's a wonderful video (1:57) encouraging us to reflect on the wonders of creation.
This video (2:30) is from World Wildlife Day 2019 and it focuses on the oceans! A PRAYER FOR TODAY Loving God, we give thanks for the wonders of creation, especially the creatures with whom we share this planet. Help us to be well informed, compassionate and willing to act on their behalf. We pray this in your Holy Name. AMEN |
