National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers
Strengthening the Church’s Commitment to Families
In response to COVID-19 and social distancing required by local or state governments, the following is provided as a list of online marriage preparation course options. Courses listed here are not necessarily endorsed by the Association but are provided for informational purposes.
Online Marriage Preparation Courses – (In alphabetical order)
Agape Catholic Marriage Preparation – https://www.catholicmarriageprep.com/ – Fee: $194 – $245 – Language: English, Spanish, French
Living Our Faith in Love – https://themarriagegroup.com/ – Fee: $195 20% discount: $156 – Languages: English, Captioning in English and Spanish
Smart Loving – https://smartloving.org/engaged/ – Fee: $68 – $273 – Languages: English
Unveiled – http://www.unveiledmarriage.com/home – Fee: $190 – Languages: English
March News Nugget
In Sickness and in Health
Everybody’s talking about the coronavirus (Covid 19). How bad will it really get in the USA? How can we protect ourselves? Perhaps the marriage vows can teach us how to unite the human family.
“…for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.”
Yes, we need education and medical skill, but how can we continue to love and care for our world family who are suffering? Who is my neighbor?
More from our NACFLM History Project!
NACFLM LATEST MEMBERSHIP NEWS
2020 February
Congratulations to Bill Boomer, Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, retired on Friday, February 7, 2020 after 40 years working for the Church!
2019 DECEMBER
Congratulations to NACFLM Member, Jim Healy, for his Honorary Doctorate from Lewis University in December.
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.
Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention for March
Catholics in China
We pray that the Church in China may persevere in its faithfulness to the Gospel and grow in unity.
Today, the Church in China looks to the future with hope. The Church wants Chinese Christians to be truly Christians, and to be good citizens. They should promote the Gospel, but without engaging in proselytism, and they need to achieve the unity of the divided Catholic community. Let us pray together that the Church in China may persevere in its faithfulness to the Gospel and grow in unity.
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