The theme for World Occupational Therapy Day 2024 is ‘Occupational Therapy for All’. The theme reflects the important role of the profession to facilitate the ability of individuals, communities and populations to participate in the activities that they want, need or are expected to do in their daily lives. Source: Text: https://wfot.org/news/2024/launch-of-the-world-occupational-therapy-day-2024-theme […]
World Tourism Day – 27 September 2023
Investing in People, Planet, and Prosperity The overall disruption in the tourism sector brought about by COVID-19, provides an opportunity to redefine and recalibrate the direction and narratives of tourism investments for a more sustainable future for the People, the Planet, and prosperity. This World Tourism Day 2023, the UNWTO, under […]
United Nations Day – 24 October
United Nations Day recognizes the founding of the United Nations (UN) in 1945. The celebration is observed annually on October 24th. #UnitedNationsDay U.N. Day has traditionally been marked throughout the world by meetings, discussions, and exhibits about the achievements and goals of the organization. The United Nations works for the […]
Africa Day – 25 May
Africa Day (formerly African Freedom Day and African Liberation Day) is the annual commemoration of the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity on 25 May 1963. It is celebrated in various countries on the African continent, as well as around the world. The organisation was transformed into the African Union on 9 July 2002 in Durban, South Africa, but the […]
Feast of the Epiphany, Year C – 2022
At times, listening to some people talking, we may hear a person say: “It’s all a question of planning”. True, much in life depends on the plans we make to achieve our goals. Strangely enough, this thought came to me as I reflected on the texts of this Feast of […]
World Oceans Day – 8 June 2021
« Love ocean, he will not betray you. » On June 8, the entire world comes together for the largest water body surrounding us, which is the ocean. It is an important part of our earth as it provides us with water, the most integral element that we need in our daily […]
Ascension of the Lord, Year B – 2021
Time, moments in time, seasons… they rule our life. But we need to learn how to live according to their rhythm. The 1st reading of this Feast of the Ascension of Jesus (Acts 1:1-11) shows him teaching his apostles for the last period during which he will be visibly present […]
International Day of Sign Languages – 23 September
New York, USA, 19 December 2017: The United Nations General Assembly has declared 23 September as International Day of Sign Languages. The resolution (A/C.3/72/L.36/Rev.1 – International Sign version here) was initially adopted by consensus during the 48th meeting of the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, […]
World Humanitarian Day – 19 August
Every year, thousands of men and women the world over put their lives in danger working in Humanitarian causes all over the world. Working in the most poverty and illness stricken third world countries the world over, often in areas of great social violence, these dedicated heroes put their lives […]
11th Sunday of the Year, B
The gospel accounts, especially that of Matthew, offers us many texts on the kingdom of God. The specialists on those gospel texts discuss among themselves about the meaning of this term: “the kingdom of God”. They generally agree that it refers to God’s special relationship with human beings, his presence […]