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DOSP Marriage and Family Life News

July 22, 2021 by Holy Name Monastery Leave a Comment

World Day for Grandparents and Elderly

July 25, 2021

Pope Francis has established throughout the Church the celebration of the World Day for Grandparents and Elderly beginning in 2021 on the fourth Sunday of July, near the liturgical memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus. The announcement of this celebration coincides with the celebration of the Year of Amoris Laetitia Family.

Ideas/Resources for Parishes to Celebrate Grandparents and the Elderly

The Catholic Grandparents Association is a global organization of the faithful. An integral part of the organization is establishing and working with Grandparents ministries at the parish level.

If you are interested in starting this Ministry, www.catholicgrandparentsassociation.org/, info@catholicgrandparentsassociation.com

National Natural Family Planning (NFP) Awareness Week

July 25 – July 31, 2021

www.usccb.org/topics/natural-family-planning/national-nfp-awareness-week

National NFP Awareness Week provides an opportunity to spread the word about Catholic teaching on marriage, conjugal love, and responsible parenthood. Sharing basic information about the methods of NFP and why they support God’s design for love and life is at the heart of this national campaign.

The USCCB offers the following resources to help celebrate NFP week:

Posters
Liturgy & Prayers – Homily notes in English and Spanish, Petitions…
Articles
Couples’ Stories
Church Teachings
NFP Awareness Week also celebrates grandparents!

For more information regarding Natural Family Planning click here.

The Transformative Power of Communal Contemplation and Dialogue – Webinar

June 24, 2021 by Holy Name Monastery Leave a Comment

The Transformative Power of Communal Contemplation and Dialogue

Presented by Sr. Nancy Sylvester, IHM

Date: Saturday, June 26, 2021

Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm ET via Zoom

Registration Link Below

As we emerge out of a time of chaos, the healing of our future requires new responses. The next stage of our evolutionary journey calls forth in us a consciousness with greater capacity for complexity and diversity. More and more we will be engaging with people who think differently than we do.

How to understand and engage people with multiple perspectives is critical. Good communication skills are needed and when wedded with the power of contemplation—individually and communally—it transforms who we are and how we relate to each other and the world.

This program will provide a framework to understand the time we are in and the power of contemplative prayer. Participants will practice listening and speaking from a contemplative heart so that we might find new and imaginative ways of healing the future.

Invite friends! This program is free and open to all.

Registration

(Click on the link above to register for the webinar)

132 years

February 9, 2021 by Holy Name Monastery 2 Comments

132 Years

Have you ever really given thought about the magnitude of giving that a woman of God vows. Her entire life is committed to Him and bringing people to His Kingdom. It is difficult to imagine what faith and love that it takes. It could never be measured except by God.

The Benedictine Sisters of Florida are such women living their lives in faithful service to God and His people. February 28, 2021 represents their 132^nd anniversary of commitment to the message of Jesus – peace, love, forgiveness and giving. The five founding Sisters of the Benedictine Sisters of Florida came in 1889 from Pennsylvania to San Antonio, Florida to answer the call to educate the children of poor German immigrants. Touching lives through their prayer

s and service, they and the Sisters who followed have brought light, love and hope to countless students whom they have taught and to a multitude of individuals in need of guidance. To this very day, their role in the Church has never faltered.

In remembering the strong shoulders upon whom they stand, the Sisters invite you to celebrate in spirit and prayer the Feast Day of Saint Scholastica, February 10, 2021. You may recall, she is the twin sister of Saint Benedict and the patron saint of Benedictine nuns. Born in Norcia, Italy on March 2, 480 AD into a wealthy family, she chose to establish a religious community only a few miles from Saint Benedict’s. Like her brother, Saint Scholastica walked with God throughout her life. Please keep her and all her followers in your thoughts and prayers tomorrow.