Family Life Ministry - Diocese of Leeds

Welcome to Family Life Ministry, at the service of all people who want to grow together in love

'Love is the fundamental and innate vocation of every human being' Blessed John Paul II

Who is FLM for?

~COUPLES, PARENTS and GRANDPARENTS: relationship education, marriage enrichment and family spirituality.

~PARISHES: training of Marriage Preparation Presenters and Parenting Facilitators

~SCHOOLS: training of Parenting Facilitators

~VOCATIONS: Marriage and Family Life as a call to live love

~EVANGELISATION: Parents are the first heralds of the Gospel

~JUSTICE and PEACE: Family Life as a place of witness

~HOME~SCHOOL~PARISH in all the above & collaboratively

‘What you do in your family life is very close to the heart of the Church and therefore to the heart of Christ’ (Bishop Arthur Roche)

Who to contact for

MARRIAGE PREPARATION: your parish priest.

FERTILITY/NFP: Dr Evleen Mann 07866235947 e.mann@dhfltd.com

PARENTING: check this site/your parish/school

FAMILY SPIRITUALITY: check this site/your parish/school

Family is 'a sacred and sanctifying place' (Pope Benedict XVI) but it is not always an easy or a safe place so for

URGENT HELP Call 999

Child/grandchild at risk? www.catholic-care.org.uk

Domestic Abuse? www.cedar.uk.net

Marriage in crisis? www.marriagecare.org.uk

Need a parish or priest? www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk

Online safety www.getsafeonline.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_name=beginners_1

See also Links and Helplines (under Contacts)


  
  
  
  
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FLM Leeds is a Full Member of FAMILIAS www.familias-ew.org.uk

The Association for Catholic Diocesan Marriage and Family Life Ministry within England and Wales

Latest News

4th February 2012
Mass for Marriage
	Bishop Arthur will celebrate a Mass for Marriage at the Cathedral in Leeds just before National Marriage Week. Everybody's welcome, including married and engaged couples and their families and friends. No matter how long or short a time you have been together there will be an opportunity to renew your commitment to your wedding vows. More>>

6th February 2012
Coming up - National Marriage Week
	A week when the whole country is invited to take note of and celebrate the importance of marriage. From 7th February to 14th February families, parishes and schools are invited to celebrate the married people who are at the heart of their communities. One lovely way to begin the week is the Mass for Marriage that Bishop Arthur will celebrate on 4th February. More>>

29th November 2011
New Marriage Preparation Presenters
	Five couples from three parishes have just completed the four evening training to become Marriage Preparation Presenters. Congratulations all!And many thanks to the parishes and the parish priests who support them in their ministry. More>>

1st December 2011
Wakefield Deanery and Parenting
	Wakefield Deanery has undertaken a remarkable new venture this year. For ten weeks of the autumn term nineteen volunteers from schools and parishes in the Deanery have been attending training in facilitation skills at St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Normanton. More>>

30th May 2012
World Meeting of Families
	Milan will host the 7th World Meeting of Families 1st May - 3rd June 2012. Pope Benedict will be present and celebrate Mass. What is the world meeting of families? JUST IN: Pope Benedict XVI 'new evangelisation inseparable from families' More>>

22nd November 2011
30 Years of Familiaris Consortio
	The Heart of the Deepest Truth: CBCEW Marriage and Family Life Project Office at the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has prepared a multimedia online resource, featuring, among others, Archbishop Vincent Nichols, to celebrate 30 years of this important document. More>>