“THE FUTURE OF EVANGELIZATION DEPENDS IN GREAT PART,

ON THE CHURCH OF THE HOME.” (fam. Con.52)

Sr. Rita Pitavavine OP

The Family, Center for Evangelization.

Lumen Grentivin calls the Domestic Church. (11).This expression is again taken up in Evangelii Nuntiandi meaning “in each Christian family the various elements of the whole church should be found in the family should be the place from whence the Gospel is transmitted and its message radiated.” (71). Familiaris Consortio calls upon the Christian family to be a “Sign of Unity…. And to exercise its prophetic role by bearing witness to the Kingdom and Peace of Christ….” (21, 48)

The Christian family is then more than an image of church. It is church by reason of its mission and Ministry. It is the centre where Christ is present, where the Gospel is lived, Celebrated and proclaimed.

The Christian Family as Evangelizers.

Families need to be enabled to live their Evangelizing role. They must be empowered to face the challenges of the gospel in all levels of life. Faith formation focusing on Conversion, repentance, and Christian patterns of relating needs to be planned and facilitated. Evangelization challenges the Christian family to recognize the implications of their baptismal call, to commit themselves to reconciliation, and to share their faith.

Family Life Apostolate

VISION

The Diocesan Catholic Family life apostolate envisions contributing to the Evangelization process by making every effort towards the total development of Christian Families so the become the domestic church alive in Christ

It is our strong belief to contribute through this office to the evangelization process by way of reaching out to all the couples to see, know and acknowledge our being as Christians in the way we live and bear witness. It is our dream that we do the utmost we can to support our family unit through teaching to counter the social hills that interfere with the truth in evangelization

MISSION

We commit ourselves through the promulgation of the Christian values making families aware of essential issues through the preparation of community Christian Family leaders; organization of seminars, retreats and public events; publication of teaching materials; training of people win the associate fields and networking with the secretaries of the catholic bishops conference, other churches, Government agencies and NGO’s

Families alive in Christ

We are committed to implement the PNG-SI

Episcopal Conference Pastoral Plan 2006-2010

The Diocesan Family Life Apostolate Vision

The Diocesan Catholic Family life apostolate envisions contributing to the Evangelization process by making every effort towards the total development of Christian Families so that they become the domestic church alive in Christ.

It is our strong belief to contribute through this office to the evangelization process by way of reaching out to all the couples to see, know and acknowledge our being as Christian in the way we live and bear witness. It is our dream that we do the utmost we can to support our family unity through teaching to counter the social hills that interfere with the truth in evangelization

• We want all Families to be truly alive in Christ. As Catholics we understand this to mean: that couples are happy married, they have remained chaste before marriage and faithful in marriage, they participate fully in the Sacramental life of the church,beginning with the sacrament of marriage.

   

• A happy marriage also means one without violence, open to the gift of children and where couples communicate well.