Elizabeth Davies, M.A. Co-Director
Bethany Family Institute, PO Box 2858, Wolverhampton WV3 0XL UK Tel/Fax: #44 1902 621594

Marriage & Family Life Project Officer: Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales.

Visit the project websites: 
Listening 2004: My Family My Church 
Celebrating Family: Blessed, Broken, Living Love

Professional Qualifications:
Master of Arts in Community Leadership (Family Ministry), Regis University, Denver, CO, USA (2001)
Registered Director for Rainbows (2001)
Marriage Care Accredited Provider of Marriage Preparation courses (2001).

Professional Experience:
Member: Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales Committee for Marriage and Family Life 2000-
Trustee: Family Life and Marriage Education (FLAME), 2005-
Member: Churches Together for Families Executive Committee 2002-
Associate Staff: Maryvale Institute, Birmingham. 2003-2006
Assistant Editor: Redemptorist Publications, Chawton, Alton, Hants. 2003-4
Animator, Diocese of Menevia Family Life Ministry 1995-2001. 

Publications:

• Reasons for Living and Hoping: Christian Families in the Modern World (with Bishop John Hine) in The Institute Series 3: Gaudium et Spes 40 Years On: Some Further Reflections. Heythrop Institute for Religion, Ethics and Public Life.2006
• Introduction to Marital and Family Spirituality (Co-author) Online module for CCRS course. St Bede's Institute, Ushaw, 2006
• Family Ministry and Evangelisation at Home and in the World. (Co-author) Course books for the Diploma / Certificate Course in Evangelisation and Ministry. Maryvale Institute, 2004
• The Family, the Church and the Community.  Module 30 Course book for the BA Applied Theology for Permanent Deacons and Catechists. Maryvale Institute, Birmingham. 2003
• Seeing God in Love with Your Family. Bethany Family Institute, 2002
• The Bethany Family Institute. (with David Thomas) INTAMS review 8:1 Spring 2002
• Poor Relations: dreaming of a real catechetical partnership (with David Thomas). Networking: Catholic Education Today March/April 2001
• Faith begins at home. Priests and People 14:6  June 2000
• A Handbook for Parish Family Ministry. Diocese of Menevia, 2000
• Developing a Vision of Parish Family Life Ministry: Reflections on Papal Teaching Diocese of Menevia, 1999

Primary interests: 
Family spirituality & developing family faith; strategies for community support of healthy family life; surfacing faith experiences of families; challenges of lone faith-parenting; encouraging community leadership in family ministry.

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