“The family and the Church,
specifically the parishes and the
other forms of ecclesial community,
are called to the most profound
collaboration in that fundamental
task that is constituted,
inseparably, by the formation of the
person and the transmission of the
faith. We know well that for an
authentic educational endeavor to
take place, it is not
enough to communicate a correct
theory or doctrine. Something far
greater and more human
is needed—that closeness, lived
daily, which is proper to love and
that finds its most
propitious space above all in the
family community, and afterwards in
a parish or movement
or ecclesial association. . .” (Pope
Benedict XVI, Address to the
Congress of the Diocese of Rome,
June 6, 2005).
The Family Life Office helps
parishes recognize, honor, integrate, serve,
and build up the Domestic Church by
providing consultation, education, and other
resources for:
