National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers
Strengthening the Church’s Commitment to Families
Renew the Family – Heal the World
Virtual Conference
October 1, 2020
12:30 – 3:30 EST
SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP OFFER
In response to the pandemic, NACFLM is reducing this coming year’s membership fees by 25% and not require the fee to be a paid until October 1st.
That’s three months free!
If you are not a member but interested in NACFLM,
you may join the Association during this time and benefit from our network and resources at no cost or obligation until October 1st.
That’s free membership until October 1st!
Please contact us at nacflm@gmail.com for more information or click membership tab.
MARRIAGE PREPARATION
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 – Languages: English, Spanish, French
Joy Filled Marriage – https://ascensionpress.com/ – Fee: $50 – Language: English
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 – Language: English
Unveiled – http://www.unveiledmarriage.com/home – Fee: $190 – Language: English
DOMESTIC CHURCH RESOURCES
In response to COVID-19 and social distancing required by local or state governments and families staying home the following are provided as helpful resources to the family.
August News Nugget
During these past several months when families have spent MORE time together due to being quarantined, sheltered in place, or social distancing, families have had an opportunity to do MORE cooking together; play MORE games; make funny videos; get on each other’s nerves MORE but hopefully forgive each other MORE. Many were or are praying together MORE as well as worrying MORE about jobs, food, and finances. Churches, institutions, and individuals are sharing MORE food and finances. And as families we have been having MORE of an opportunity to pray MORE together and perhaps set up or augment a Family Altar or Prayer Space to participate in live-streamed or recorded Sunday and/or weekly Mass. Someone sent me a “cartoon” that depicted the devil telling God “I closed all your churches” and God responding “On the contrary, “I opened one in every Home!” In essence, we have had MORE of an opportunity to reconstruct or work at transforming our Domestic Church/ our family.
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.
The Pope Francis Intention for August 2020
The Maritime World
We pray for all those who work and live from the sea, among them sailors, fishermen and their 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