National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers
Strengthening the Church’s Commitment to Families
May News Nugget
NACFLM has a long and vibrant history of ministering to families at every age and stage of the Family Life Cycle. This organization, like all ministry organizations exists to serve God’s people to build up God’s Kingdom here on earth. Like any organization, it’s members are the heart and soul of its survival and of its potential for growth and service. Meet another one of NACFLM’S veteran Family Life Ministers in the video below and look for more upcoming vignettes of seasoned Family Life Ministers on whose shoulder we, the members, carry on NACFLM’s legacy.
Susan Vogt a speaker and award winning author. For many years, she was the editor of the Journal of the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers and content editor for the USCCB website on marriage. Susan has worked in family ministry for the Catholic Church for over 30 years designing and leading marriage, parenting, and leadership programs. A counselor by training, she has taught on the high school and university level. Susan and her husband, Jim, have worked with ecumenical and social justice organizations including Parenting for Peace and Justice. She has written five books.
Join us for an annual gathering of
Catholic family life ministers from
across the country.
July 28-30, 2019
Ministry with Family Training
Our Organizational Members provide NACFLM members, other family life parish ministers, and clergy with resources they can use in their local communities to strengthen marriages and families.
Lord God, we thank you for the gift of family. We acknowledge that our image and name as family come from you.
We believe that within our family lies a home-made holiness. We affirm that it is this household of faith that we experience Your presence. Your forgiveness, and Your love.
We are family. We give thanks to You, for the many joys and blessings that have come to us through our family.
As family, we sometimes feel pain.l And so we offer to You our disappointments, frustrations, and hurts. Help us to forgive those members of our family, including ourselves, who have caused pain.
We pray for the strength to be a light within our family. May we open our hearts, our eyes and ears and carry our light to those in need.
God, Creator of the earth and all its people, help us to be mindful that, as members of one global family, we are equal in Your eyes. Help us to continue to appreciate the diversity of persons in our homes and in our world. As members equal in human dignity, may we build a better world and proclaim our willingness to be the holy people you call us to be.
Amen
Organizational Member Spotlight
