Dublin
WMOF
The announcement was made on the sidelines of the General Audience: The Pope will participate in the Festival of Families and celebrate the final Mass
Francis will take part in the World Meeting of Families next August in Dublin: he will participate in a special way in the Festival of Testimonies, which will take place on Saturday, August 25th, and ...
Local Churches
In Assisi, the 20th National Week of Studies on conjugal and family spirituality
Italy’s 20th National Week of studies on conjugal and family spirituality will be held in Assisi (PG), in April and May, thus concluding the two-year period dedicated to the theme: “Roads of Happiness ...
WMOF
An ideal resource for parishes, available in five languages, combined with the preparatory catecheses
Giuseppe Verdi’s “Va’ Pensiero,” one of the best-known choruses in the history of opera, serves as the soundtrack for the second multimedia art clip produced by the Dicastery, in collaboration with ...
WMOF
From 21 to 24 August, roundtables and debates at the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin
Each day, there will be roundtables, debates, moments of conviviality and prayer for the families, with appropriate activities for children and young people. All this is on the program of the ...
WMOF
The eighth podcast in the series “Let’s Talk Family” designed to accompany the World Meeting of Families, is online.
Richard Brennan, head of the volunteer project of the 2018 World Meeting of Families, is the protagonist of the new episode—the eighth one—of the series of podcasts “Let’s Talk Family” proposed weekly ...
WMOF
The official presentation of international preparatory catechesis for the Dublin Meeting: lectio and musical itineraries with Maestro Bocelli at the Sagrada Familia
Seven catecheses, one for each month from now until August, combined with as many musical itineraries and videos. This is the Dicastery’s proposal that was presented today in at a press conference in ...
Youth
The members of the “San Calisto Platform” created in connection with the project “The Meeting Point” are elaborating a proposal of affective education that will be presented at the Dublin World Meeting of Families
Last November, the Dicastery created the San Calisto Platform, composed of the experts of “The Meeting Point,” a course of affective and sexual education inspired by Amoris Laetitia that was presented ...
WMOF
Update on the organizational activities: the preparations for the Festival, the Icon of the Holy Family, and podcast number 7 of the series “Let's Talk Family”
The preparations for the IX World Meeting of Families in Dublin are speeding up. The members of the organizing committee met a few days ago in Ireland’s capital to prepare the Festival of Families. ...
WMOF
Interview with Ireland’s Primate Martin: “The Catholic family is beautiful: it is based on love and grows in a community of families”
“We want to show that the model of the Catholic family can attract; it’s beautiful. We are offering the beauty of our vision, that of a man and a woman united in love and committed to life.” These ...
WMOF
A meeting at the Dicastery to choose the testimonies to be presented in Dublin
In a festive atmosphere, families from all over the world will meet, and some will offer their testimonies, hopefully in the presence of the Holy Father. During the meeting held a few days ago at our ...