Family Life

The goal of the family life commission is to foster deeper love and understanding between spouses, parents and children, and engaged couples.  Parishioners are encouraged to join in this work in order to bring its potential for new community services to reality. To become involved, please contact your parish's secretary.

Services and Responsibilities

• Marriage preparation - the
• Development of a Christian atmosphere in the family
• Marriage Preparation: Telling Anew the Story of Marriage
• Family prayer movement
• Marriage enrichment programs. For Your Marriage is a resource-full web site from the U.S. Conference of Bishops
• Marriage Encounter weekends. A registration form is on our Diocesian web site; scroll down to see the form.
• Communication labs for married couples
• Programs for widows, divorced persons and those in charge of a single family household
• Programs defending and fostering respect for human life at all ages
• Birthline, sponsored by Maine Catholic Charities
• Sex education
• Parent-teenager dialogues
• Family seminars

Family seminars include topics such as:

• The Modern Adolescent
• Emotional Development of Children
• The Pre-School Child
• The Elementary School Child
• The Teenager
• The Generation Gap
• The Formation of a Christian Conscience
• Family Planning Today
• Theology and Spirituality of Marriage
• Early Marital Adjustment
• The Drug Scene - Alcoholism
• Human Sexuality
• Changing Roles for Man and Woman