Family Life Ministry - Diocese of Leeds

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Welcome to Family Life Ministry, at the service of all people who want to grow together in love, love being 'the fundamental and innate vocation of every human being' Blessed John Paul II. For the newsletter

http://www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk/flm/docs/January 2012.pdf

Who is FLM for?

~COUPLES, PARENTS and GRANDPARENTS: relationship education, 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


  
  
  
  
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FLM Leeds is a 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>>

31st January 2012
Natural Family Planning
	Train to be a Natural Family Planning Teacher at Birmingham City Hospital 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>>

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>>

20th April 2012
Hope for lost marriages
	Do you feel lost, alone or bored in your marriage? Do you feel hurt, frustrated or angry with your spouse? Have you thought of separation or divorce? Hope is a phone call away. More>>

2nd February 2012
Action for ageing across the generations
	To mark the start of the 2012 European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity of Generations, the Commission presented a new Eurobarometer survey showing that 71% of Europeans are aware that Europe's population is getting older, but only 42% are concerned about this development. More>>

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