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Matrimony and the Parish Church
Marriage is a private and a public vocation in which everyone has a stake. It’s a Sacrament, not only for the couple themselves, but also for the good of the whole Church.
How can parishes help couples build healthy, holy marriages? How can parishes do more to make marriage a shared public concern of the whole community and to offer support to married couples?
* Start by including marriage in our prayer for vocations.
* Preach and teach about marriage as a Christian vocation.
* Put marriage on the public agenda of our parish life by:
1. organizing support groups, educational and social activities;
2. praying for engaged and married couples;
3. offering counseling services;
4. recognizing wedding anniversaries, and
5. asking couples to witness publicly, to serve together in ministries, etc.
from a presentation by Dr. Richard McCord,
Director, US Bishops, Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Youth
October 27, 2001
Family Life Apostolate, Archdiocese of New Orleans, (504) 861-6243 or 861-6245
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Newly Added Events
ABC's of Annulments
“ABC’S of Annulments”, an informational program designed to answer questions about the process of Annulments, will be held on Thursday September 16th 2010 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, in Assumption Church, 61 Cliff Street Ansonia, CT.
How Children Grieve
Learn how children can be helped in their grief on September 14, 2010 at the Caritas Christi Center, Benham Street, Hamden from 7:00-8:30PM.
Separated & Divorced Facilitator Training
A Facilitator Training program for the Separated & Divorced will be held on Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 9:00-4:00pm at the Family Life Office in Hamden.
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When we try to pick out anything else in the Universe, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.
-- John Muir
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