The family home is called "The Domestic Church," a community of grace & prayer, a school of human virtues, and of Christian charity. (CCC 1666)

The Family Life Ministry is responsible for promoting the Domestic Church so that families of all ages and sizes can achieve a living Catholic culture in their homes. This ministry maintains liaison with other standing ministries to develop joint programs to help enrich family life and support families, marriage, single parents, divorced, widows and widowers, and the elderly.

Activities to celebrate the Catholic liturgical seasons and enrich family life (Check the weekly parish bulletin for activities and updates):

1. Advent Workshop (1st weekend in Advent)
2. Lenten Workshop (1st weekend in Lent or starting Ash Wednesday)
3. Saints' Feast Days (throughout the year)
4. World Marriage Day (Celebrating marriage: weekend closest to Feb 14th)
5. Family Square Dance

Family Life Contact: Mary Dixon
Pre-Cana contact: Chong & Frank Lonce
NFP contact: TBD
Post-Cana contact: TBD

Catholic Family Life Web Sites

www.adw.org/family/

www.domestic-church.com

www.catholicexchange.com

www.catholic.org/hf

www.familylifecenter.net

Worldwide Marriage Encounter: turning a good marriage into a great marriage (www.wwme.org)

Retrouvaille: a lifeline to help heal & renew troubled marriages (www.retrouvaille.org)

Catholic Engaged Encounter: Marriage prep (www.engagedencounter.org)

Especially for Catholic women, mothers & young ladies:

www.CatholicMom.com

www.spiritualwoman.net

Especially for Catholic fathers, husbands & young men:

www.dads.org

Especially for Catholic teens & young adults

www.pureloveclub.com

www.rockforlife.org

www.focusonline.org

www.nextwavefaithful.com

Music Ministry Staff Verena Lucia Anders, Director of Music, Adult Choir and Youth Choir verenalucia@sfadw.org Call 301-840-1407 x 30 Dana La Rosa, Organist Sue Madison, Leader of Contemporary Group Beth Monzon, Director of the Youth Ensemble