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- Josef Walker
- Health and Spirituality 2008
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- The obligatory
- get-to-know-each-other,
- build relationship
- and
- hear special interests and concerns
- slide
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- The family is the domestic church
- Foundation of the church
- Foundation of society
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- In our own time, in a world often alien and even hostile to faith,
believing families are of primary importance as centers of living,
radiant faith. It is in the bosom of the family that parents are by word
and example . . . the first heralds of the faith with regard to their
children.
- It is here that all members of the family exercise the priesthood of the
baptized in a privileged way by the reception of the sacraments, prayer
and thanksgiving, the witness of a holy life, and self-denial and active
charity. Thus the home is the first school of Christian life and a
school for human enrichment. Here one learns endurance and the joy of
work, fraternal love, generous—even repeated—forgiveness, and above all
divine worship in prayer and the offering of one's life.
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- Alternative culture vs. peer pressure
- Support for Discipleship
- Practical, Applicable
- Not Patriarchal (e.g. “submission”)
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- Wars - stress on military marriages (Robert)
- Recession
- Home foreclosure crisis
- Physical and mental health care access
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- No fault divorce laws
- Acceptance of cohabitation
- LGBT couples
- Infidelity
- Ethnic and Cultural diversity
- Globalization
- Industrial Revolution
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- Married Couples - continuum
- Divorce, remarriage, blended families
- Single Moms (Dads)
- Cohabitation
- Sandwich Generation
- Grandparents raising children
- LGBT couples
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- Elementary - what are they seeing?
- Middle School & High School - setting patterns
- Young Adult - setting own boundaries, goals
- Engagement - wedding monster?
- Marriage - how well prepared? how supported?
- Divorce - church’s healing presence?
- (Remarriage) - how well prepared?
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- The Message at worship
- Prayers, intercessions
- Celebrate anniversaries
- Integrated education (Sunday school)
- Gathered and Non-gathered education
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- family and parenting classes
- intergenerational events
- peer groups
- pastoral / spiritual counseling
- professional counseling
- one-on-one support (Stephen Ministry)
- date night babysitting
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- Concern: how do we support and celebrate family and marriage without
driving away singles?
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- Passion (before marriage and up to 2 years after) -- The romantic
honeymoon period in which mates are the only thing that matter to each
other.
- Realization (1 to 3 years) -- The passion fades and couples begin to
discover each others' true selves.
- Rebellion (2 to 5 years) -- The most volatile period, when each person
yearns for a return to freedom and asserts his or her own self-interest.
- Cooperation (3 to 15 years) -- The longest period, when children and
increased domestic responsibilities transform lovers into business
partners.
- Reunion (12 to 20 years) -- The "empty nest" period after the
busy years.
- Explosion (any time) When illness, job loss and family crises happen,
altering a marriage for months, even years.
- Completion (25 years or more) -- A thoroughly joyful culmination of a
life together.
Rita DeMaria
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- Connection rituals - good-byes in the morning, greetings in the evening,
going out for coffee and conversation
- Intimacy rituals - dates, sexual intimacy, and special occasions such as
anniversaries or Valentine’s Day
- Community rituals - the partners give and receive support in their
larger world, such as joint involvement in a religious community,
neighborhood activities, joint friendship activities, and joint
community action
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- Couples do not want to divorce, they simply do not know/see other options
- Retrouvaille is a weekend experience combined with a series of 6-12
post-weekend sessions over 3 months.
- Tools + support network
- Rebuilds communication between husband and wife.
- 4 Stages of Marriage: (1) Romance, (2) Disillusionment,
(3) Misery, and (4) Awakening.
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- a setting for each generation to share and learn from the other
generations, their faith, stories, wisdom, experience, and knowledge
- parent and grandparent generations pass on the traditions of family and
faith to the younger generations
- younger generations share their faith, energy, and new insights with the
parent and grandparent generations
- provides adult role models for children and youth
- promotes understanding of shared values and a common faith, as well as respect
for individuals in all stages and ages of life
- helps to overcome the age-segregated nature of our society and church
programs
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- Fully-designed parish catechetical programs for age-group learning
(children, teens, adults), family-centered learning, and intergenerational
learning with handouts and resource sheets.
- Household faith formation activities including rituals, prayers,
learning activities, service projects, and household enrichment
activities.
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- Since ancient times, the development of spirituality has been
accomplished predominantly by persons focused primarily (though not
exclusively) on God’s transcendent love, as opposed to God’s immanent
love. … While God is certainly other-worldly, God is also fully present
in the nuts and bolts, the highs and lows, the chaos and noise of each
person’s life. An immanent spirituality says that instead of eliminating
those “distractions” which comprise a great deal of our day why not seek
truth and wholeness from within the “distractions” themselves? So that the
activities of family life are no longer obstacles to faith and
relationship with God but are vehicles for faith and relationship with
God.
- Leif Kehrwald. Family Spirituality: The Raw Ingredients of Faith. Don Bosco Multimedia,1994 (o/p) p3
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