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"Every effort should be made to strengthen and develop pastoral care for the family, which should be treated as a real matter of priority, in the certainty that future evangelization depends largely on the domestic Church."
(John Paul II, Address to the Third General Assembly of the Bishops of Latin America, 28 January 1979)
Sponsorship: Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas
NINE TRAINING SESSIONS
OVER AN 18 MONTH PERIOD
WHAT DOES LFM TRAINING GIVE TO THE PERSON IN TRAINING?
- Applied theology of church, family, ministry, marriage and single life
- Applied sociology and psychology of developing, hurting and leadership families
- Church and community resources available in urban and rural areas for healthy and hurting families
- Spiritual growth and enrichment for individuals and families
- Styles and skills in facilitative leadership, networking and collaboration of persons and resources
- Facilitation of like-to-like ministries for families
- Internship in the parish with supervision and support by the LFM staff
- Planning processes for both long-range parish family ministry and immediate program development
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WHAT DOES LFM TRAINING GIVE THE PARISH?
- Resources for wide diversity of families and stages of family life cycle
- Nine session training course, local and national faculty, supervised internship for parish application
- Leaders Manual of resources and skills for empowering church congregations involvement in ministry to families
- Network of national, regional and local persons equipped to strengthen family life
- Culturally sensitive resources
- Information on specialized training opportunities for leaders and media literacy, Moms, grief support, etc.
- Ongoing support and education after training through LFM Graduate Network
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WHO CAN COME?
The Family Ministry Training Program welcomes all faces of family:
singles, married couples, divorced, separated, widowed, religious or ordained persons.
A parish or church congregation is asked to select and send persons for training who will return and work in that parish.
For more information or to register please contact:
Consultant: Mrs. Jacki Corrigan
Phone: (913) 721-1570
FAX: (913) 721-1577
email:
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