How can churches minister more effectively to families ?

• What do we mean by family ministry? Take a look at how the Catholic church sees it.  

• Read more widely by checking out our bibliography and an extended bibliography.

• Check out the Celebrating Family: Blessed, Broken, Living Love initiative of the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales. 

• Look at the Churches Together for Families website - here you can download some family-friendly resources

• Sign up for the Family Spirituality course at Ushaw College - 8-10 weeks at home for £45

• Look at what other dioceses have done: Diocese of Leeds   Diocese of Arundel & Brighton

• For a starting point in your own parish try this checklist

• Gather a group to reflect on Cherishing Life from a Family Perspective

• Break the huge area of family ministry down into more manageable pieces: Stages of the Family Life Cycle

• Enquire about the part-time ecumenical Certificate in Marriage and Family Life run by Ushaw College, Durham: contact Fr Chris Fallon or the Certificate/Diploma in Family Ministry & Evangelisation at Maryvale Institute

• Perhaps our Bethany Seminars would be of use in your area?

• Do you have a diocesan co-ordinator who can help ? Ask us - we can tell you.

• Ideas for National Marriage Week or for any parish celebration of marriage.
  

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