Family Life Ministry
Family Ministry Mission Statement
To help couples and individuals understand God’s Plan for Marriage and Family Life by:
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Providing the support and skills needed to help them live out this plan in their daily lives.
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Affirming the sacredness of life, the sanctity of marriage, the sacramentality of the family and a Christian lifestyle.
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Promoting the Catholic vision of the family as “the Domestic Church” and a “school of holiness.
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Providing formation and continuing support in the areas of Marriage Preparation, Marriage Enrichment and Natural Family Planning
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Empowering families to share their faith in the home, parish, workplace and in the community.
DIOCESAN TEAM
Rev. Michael Kane PhB MA STL - Co-ordinator
Mr. Michael Hartley
Mrs. Nora Hartley
CONTACT
Michael & Nora Hartley
USEFUL LINKS - Click on each heading below to go to the relevant page
Familiaris Consortio of Pope John Paul ll
Summary Outline of On the Good of Marriage, by St. Augustine.
Encyclical Letter Humanae Vitae of The Supreme Pontiff Paul V1
Jesus Christ The Bearer Of The Water Of Life: A Christian reflection on the “New Age”
Marriage and Family Life / Christian Responsibility and Citizenship
Catholic Family Resources - Loyola Press
Pope Francis: Families need fathers who guide, love them through thick and thin
Pope Francis: A world without mothers would be inhumane, lacking tenderness
The Pope's 7 most tender messages to grandparents - ROME REPORTS