It is in the family, in the home,
where life begins and is cherished
and is meant to grow.
Articles
Meeting Today’s Cultural Challenges to Marriage, Family and Home Life
Finding True Happiness, Pope Francis writes on Jesus coming into the world to restore it and our lives to their original splendor. Dec. 1, 2019
http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20191201_admirabile-signum.html
By being born in a manger, God himself launches the only true revolution that can give hope and dignity: the revolution of love, the revolution of tenderness, ...of everyday holiness, the joy of doing ordinary things in an extraordinary way, born wherever Jesus shares his divine life with us. #4, #6
Letter to Families, Gratissimam Sane, Saint John Paul II, Feb. 2. 1994
https://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/letters/1994/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_02021994_families.html
The Christian Anthropology of John Paul II: An Overview, by Fr. Thomas McGovern
http://www.christendom-awake.org/pages/mcgovern/chrisanthro.html
Pope John Paul II writes: "Creating the human race in his own image and continually keeping it in being, God inscribed in the humanity of man and woman the vocation, and thus the capacity and responsibility, of love and communion. Love is therefore the fundamental and innate vocation of every human being.” Familiaris Consortio
Pope Francis addresses the Humanum Colloquium on Complementarity of Man & Woman in Rome, Nov. 14, 2014
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/11/17/full-text-pope-franciss-opening-address-to-humanum-conference/
The Parents Right to Educate their Children
https://opusdei.org/en-us/article/the-parents-right-to-educate-their-children-i/
New Mediterraneans (I): "That First Prayer of a Child of God"
https://opusdei.org/en-us/document/new-mediterraneans-i-that-first-prayer-of-a-child/ The deep realization that we are God's children changes everything, as it changed Saint Josemaria's life when he unexpectedly discovered this "new Mediterranean."
How Does a Father Protect His Family?
http://www.parentleadership.com/protect.html
This folio is excerpted from Father, the Family Protector by James B. Stenson, available from Scepter Publishers.
Parent Leadership; Successful Fathers
http://www.parentleadership.com/successfulfathers.html
Something Great That Is Love (IV): More Mothers and Fathers than Ever
https://opusdei.org/en-us/document/something-great-that-is-love-more-mothers-and-fath/
Pope Francis Calls on World to ‘rediscover’ God’s Plan for Family March 25, 2019, Loreto, Italy
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/03/25/pope-francis-calls-on-world-to-rediscover-gods-plan-for-family/
"Our World Needs a Revolution of Love!" Pope Francis Addresses Couples, Dublin, August 25, 2018
https://zenit.org/articles/popes-address-to-couples-at-st-marys-pro-cathedral-in-dublin/
"Family Love: a Vocation and a Path to Holiness”, Pope Francis's theme for 2021 World Meeting of Families, Rome, 2021
https://zenit.org/articles/theme-announced-for-next-world-meeting-of-families-in-rome-2021/
**Vatican Document on Gender: Yes to Dialogue, No to Ideology
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https://www.lpj.org/vatican-document-on-gender-yes-to-dialogue-no-to-ideology/
“14 Questions about the Family,” April 7, 2016
http://opusdei.uk/en-uk/article/14-questions-about-the-family/
St. Josemaria Escriva “10 Questions about Marriage,” July 11, 2017
https://stjosemaria.org/st-josemaria-escriva-10-questions-about-marriage/
“Every Christian Home should be a Place of Peace and Serenity”
https://opusdei.org/en-us/dailytext/every-christian-home-should-be-a-place-of-peace-an/
“10 Quotes on the Holy Rosary from St. Josemaria,” May 9, 2017
https://stjosemaria.org/10-quotes-holy-rosary/
“The Enormous Importance of the Task of Parents”
The Forge, 689, 691, 692
"Teaching the Faith in the Family: Guidelines from St. Josemaria Escriva"
https://www.stjosemaria.org/images/Teaching-the-Faith-in-the-Family.pdf
Pope Francis on Grandparents, the Value & Importance of their Role in the Family (cf. p.72, Rev.of Love book)
https://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/audiences/2015/documents/papa-francesco_20150311_udienza-generale.html
"Old age, in particular, is a time of grace, in which the Lord will renew his call... and [His] love for the elderly and their significant contributions to His unfolding purposes."(Vatican, Sept. 28, 2014)