Call to Family, Community & Participation

How we organize our society -- in economics and politics, in law and policy -- directly affects human dignity and the capacity of individuals to grow in community. Marriage and the family are the central social institutions that must be supported and strengthened, not undermined. We believe people have a right and a duty to participate in society, seeking together the common good and well-being of all, especially the poor and vulnerable.

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Sacred & Social: Call to Family, Community, & Participation

Learning sessions for the whole parish community on the Catholic social teaching theme of the Call to Family, Community, and Participation.

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Home
Activity

Family Values Monthly Activity Listing • Generations of Faith

Work on strengthening your family values in this home activity.

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Inter generational Session

Call to Family, Community, Participation • Generations of Faith

In this all-ages session, participants will reflect on how to answer the call to family, community, and participation.

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Home
Activity

My Rights and Our Rights • Generations of Faith

Where is the Common Good?

Family members will reflect on their rights within the family and how those rights affect the rest of the family.

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Prayers & Rituals

Call to Family Table Prayer • Generations of Faith

Use this table prayer to reflect on our call to family.

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Inter generational Session

Introduction to Justice: Call to Family, Community, & Participation • Generations of Faith

Reflect on how the call to family, community, & participation challenges us to strike a fine balance between our personal wants, our family responsibilities, and our obligations to the larger community.

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Facilitator Background

Call to Family, Community & Participation • Generations of Faith

This session invites you to engage in learning about the call to family, community and participation. It also offers tips for sharing the meaning and application of this principle with others.

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Home
Activity

Covenant & Community • Generations of Faith

Explore the covenants God made with God's people and then create a family covenant.

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Family Session

Call to Family, Community & Participation • Generations of Faith

This family session focuses on the family as all important and holy.

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Inter generational Session

The Living Community • FIRE

An Issue of Justice

This lesson offers participants an experience of the injustice that governs world economics and will help them to prepare to celebrate Lent meaningfully. • By Kathleen O'Connell Chesto

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Inter generational Session

Celebrating Life

Life is meant to be celebrated in all its many forms. God created the earth in generosity and love, to be a place of goodness. We celebrate life through rituals—be they simple or more involved. Some rituals occur daily—in the morning, before and after meals, or at bedtime—while others come along weekly, yearly, or once in a lifetime. Rituals celebrate special days, such as Christmas and birthdays, as well as the more routine times in life. They celebrate life as well as loss. • By John Roberto

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Inter generational Session

Eating Well

The family or household meal is one of the few rituals that allow us to act out our concern for each other, our need and desire to be together. So many good things can happen when family or household members gather together to eat. Just as a meal was central in the ministry of Jesus, a shared meal can be a central faith experience for families or household groups. It is an opportunity to discover Jesus’ presence in the midst of family or household life. • By John Roberto

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