National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers
Strengthening the Church’s Commitment to Families
SAVE THE DATE!!
September 22-24, 2021
The “Dramatic Beauty” of the Family
Sharing the Joy of Love (Amoris Laetitia)
Washington DC
May News Nugget
Faith at Home
Although many of our Family Ministry programs have morphed into on-line versions over the past year, you may be looking forward to starting up the traditional formats of meeting in parish halls and relating to couples and families in person. Still, one thing that Covid-19 hopefully has reminded us of is that families need to nurture faith at home – not just in Church. Remind your families of the holiness of their everyday lives at home. Offer them rituals for home use.
Resources From Our Organizational Members
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.
Organizational Member Spotlight
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