Chiese locali
20/11/2017
Local Churches
From the dioceses of Milan and Turin a series of proposals for couples, parents and children
Spiritual Exercises, resources, documents, activities, and formation are proposed especially to families in many dioceses. For example, the service for the family of the church of Milan ...
19/11/2017
Local Churches
The newsletter prepared by the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences is online
The latest issue of the newsletter published by the Office of Laity and Family of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) is online. The PDF file can be downloaded free of charge. This ...
16/11/2017
Movements and Associations
A great wish of Father Josef Kentenich—founder of the highly diversified Schönstatt Movement, born one hundred years ago in Germany—was that the Movement be present in the heart of the Church, in ...
05/11/2017
Laity
The 4th national meeting promoted by Portugal’s National Committee of Lay Apostolate Associations will be held on November 17th and 18th
“This is the time to hope with all your hope, to work for justice and peace, and to love people, one by one.” This is the theme of the 4th National Meeting of Laity, which will take place on 17 and 18 ...
31/10/2017
UNPF
In Mexico City a Convention on “Family, Education and Peace” brings together over 2,000 representatives of Pro-Family Organizations
The National Union of Fathers (http://unpf.mx/) is 100 years old and, to celebrate this anniversary, the association has organized a Congress on “Family, Education, and Peace” that will be held at the ...
28/10/2017
CHILE
The Community of Christian Life proposes a resource by inspired Ignatian spirituality to strengthen relationships
One dice, two chips, 80 cards with questions, and a board of colored squares on which the four pillars of the couple—communication, daily life, sexuality, and planning—cross. The table game “Duopoly” ...
25/10/2017
Local Churches
The Dicastery’s official Fr. Guillermo Gutiérrez to meet teachers, leaders, and young people in Mexico
The Mexican Bishops’ Conference has organized two meetings for today in the diocese of Querétaro to reflect on the indications offered by the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia on educational ...
24/10/2017
WMOF
The delegate Msgr. Simón in Madrid at a conference for the preparation of the Meeting in Dublin
A few days ago, the delegate of our Dicastery, Msgr. Carlos Simon, attended a meeting in Madrid, at the headquarters of the Spanish Bishops' Conference. The focus of this encounter, attended by Family ...
22/10/2017
APG23
Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Death of Father Oreste Benzi, on October 31st, at the Conference Center in Rimini
“A Life to Love” is the title of the Convention that will be held on October 31st, at the Rimini Conference Center, ten years after the death of Father Oreste Benzi. This initiative, promoted by the ...
21/10/2017
Canada
The triennial Forum for Catholic Movements and Associations, which includes 25 lay entities working in the Church, met in Quebec
“Co-workers in the Vineyard” was the theme of the 2017 Forum for Canadian national Catholic movements and associations held early in October, in Châteauguay, Quebec. The forum, organized every three ...
20/10/2017
Local Churches
The Archdiocese of Perugia proposes a series meetings for young people in preparation for 2018’s Synod
“Young & Holy” is the series of meetings for presenting to young people testimonies of their peers who lived and strived for holiness. This initiative is organized by the Archdiocese of ...
18/10/2017
Formation
“Retrouvaille” proposes a course for accompanying those who are going through difficulties in the family
“The Couple and the Crisis: How to Accompany, Discern, Integrate” is the theme of the sessions of formation promoted conjointly by the association “Retrouvaille” and the Italian Confederation of ...
17/10/2017
WMOF
From the Archdiocese of Dublin: A Vademecum with all you need to know to prepare for the 2018 World Meeting of Families
What exactly is a World Meeting of Families? How is the next one organized? How can we prepare for it? Will the Pope be in Dublin? How can we participate? Less than a year now separates us from the ...
15/10/2017
Local Churches
Today in Lyon’s Cathedral of Saint John, a meeting for the separated, divorced and remarried
“Show them all that they are not only supported by everyone’s affection, love and attention but above all that we need them, in the journey they are on, because we build the Church together.” With ...
11/10/2017
Local Churches
The Portuguese Archdiocese of Évora bets on the family for the new pastoral year
The family is “the heart of Christian life” and must be the stake of this new pastoral year, said Évora’s Archbishop, H.E. Msgr. José Alves, a few days ago at the inauguration of the pastoral year ...