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Families, Let's Build A Better World Together!
fam-015-e All the choices and decisions made by our governments and courts sooner or later directly impact every family – my family. A mobilization is needed. It is up to families to get together and develop a culture and legislation that benefit the family and reflect their true needs — it’s a matter of social justice.

 

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Towards a True Sexual Liberation
eng_mess_08 This text aims to inspire readers to discover the “theology of the body” as taught by Pope John Paul II. It will be particularly useful to parents, teachers and everyone who seeks to guide young people towards a healthy understanding of human sexuality. It will also be of interest in helping young men and women to discern the vocation that God intends for them: marriage or celibate chastity lived out in the priesthood, in religious life, or in the celibate lay apostolate in the world.

 

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Families, where are the saints of the new millennium?
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COLF's new Message to Families is centered on the transmission of faith. It constitutes an invitation to discover and to deepen our baptismal vocation by leaning on Christ, our Friend par excellence. In anticipation of the 49th International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec, COLF places an emphasis on the inexhaustible treasure of the Eucharist, a continually available source of conjugal love and family unity.

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The Media: A Fascinating Challenge for the Family
fam-011-e_blog September 2006

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, twelve months a year, the media bombards us with a variety of information and opinions. Their impact on our ways of living and thinking is real and their power is immense. In its annual Message to Families, the Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) encourages parents and children to become media-savvy consumers, and to get actively involved in the media.

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A Child Gives Life to Love and Love to Life!
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This brochure affirms that the arrival of every child into the world is  good news, because each child is a promise of grace and a blessing. We know from the coming of Jesus among us that the birth of one child can change the world. The brochure emphasizes the value of the family as the bearer of the gift of life.

 

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World Peace: A Family Recipe!
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September 2005 
 
At a time when people wonder about the violence reported daily by the media, this document offers an unexpected ray of hope. The message takes an optimistic look at the mission entrusted to families: to raise sowers of peace and joy! It proposes an overview of qualities that serve the cause of peace and invites families to open themselves to Christ, the Prince of Peace. It invites Canadian families, inspired by the values of the Gospel, to build a more just and more humane society. It is a call to an unprecedented mobilization for peace!
 
 
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The Christian Family: Good News for the World

COLF_message2004.jpgSeptember 2004

This colorful leaflet invites us to rediscover the exceptional good news of the Christian family as the first school of life and faith.  “The family is a little church, a sanctuary of life, a domestic church, a church at home, a mysterious presence of the living God.”  The message celebrates the Christian family as being open to life and serving others.  It is a useful tool for those involved in sacramental preparation, religious education, youth and family ministry, retreats and parish celebrations of the family.

 

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Families: Messengers of the Compassionate Love of Christ

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This message has a special focus on single-parent families. It launches a call for solidarity and compassion, particularly with those families that are most challenged by the difficulties in life.

 

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Savour Your Faith! Light up the World! A message on the occasion of World Youth Day 2002
fam-007-e_blogFebruary 2002

The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) is happy to offer this message of faith, of hope, of joy and love. It has been created with youth and for youth to underline how precious they are to God and how essential they are to the life of the Church and to the world.

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Come Let Us Pray! Inviting Families to Pray at Home
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What does it mean today to pray as a family? How can you encourage your children to pray? When and where to pray? This booklet offers some effective suggestions for parents.

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A Blessing for the World, a Treasure for the Church

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April 1999 

This message salutes the International Year of Older Persons, as designated by the United Nations. This six-page leaflet reflects on some of the challenges, contributions and possibilities for seniors in our families, in the Church and in society.

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Families, You Are a Source of Joy and Hope! Unwrap Your Gifts for All the World to See!

fam-003-e_blogMay 1998

This brochure celebrates and explains the importance of the family and its individual members and the gifts that they are to the world. It warmly encourages family members to live out their vocations to the fullest.

  

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The Family: A School of Love for Life! A Sanctuary of Life at the heart of the world!

fam-010-e_blogMay 1997

An encouragement and celebration of the family, this brochure recognizes the challenges faced by modern families and emphasizes the strengths and uniqueness of the family in society. 

 

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Many of our publications are ideal for distribution to parishes, schools, universities, hospitals, faith-sharing groups, retreats, youth groups, lecture and study groups, local lay organizations, families, ministry formation programs, and the conferences of national associations. They also make excellent gifts to mark Christmas, Easter, Mothers’ and Fathers’ Days and special international days or weeks. Copies of COLF publications may be ordered by contacting us at:

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