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Messages to Families
 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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 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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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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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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 May 2000
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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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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 September 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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 May 2003
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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 February 2002
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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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 May 2001
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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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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 May 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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 May 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:
2500 Don Reid Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1H 2J2
Tel: (613) 241-9461 x. 161
Fax: (613) 241-9048
Email:
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COLF publications also may be ordered online or dowloaded in electronic format at the links below.
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