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Social Justice Newsletter 
March 26, 2015

Today's newsletter continues the theme of marriage and the family. The first article is about the Christian Family Movement, which has an over 50 year history in the U.S. and now has become an international Catholic organization.  The "Grand Adventure" is a program for grandparents that has some of the flavor of a CFM meeting.

   

The April 9 issue of this newsletter will have an introduction to Catholic social teaching on marriage and the family, but it seems appropriate to first present the notion of "solidarity" and the picture of ourselves as "one human family".  Today's article on Solidarity sets out the work that we Christians are called to do in the world.  A longer and less easy to read explanation is given here.

 

The Christian Family Movement 

   
What CFM Is

Christian Family Movement is a national network of parish/neighborhood small groups of families. Through the use of programming available from the CFM USA Office and the dynamics of small group interaction, Christian values are reinforced and families are encouraged to reach out in action to others.
  
The CFM group consists of five to seven families with the adults meeting regularly in each other's homes, or at the parish. Through the use of CFM's many different programs, members discuss what they have observed in their own family or community, judge what they have seen in the light of Jesus' teaching, and then act to change things for the better.
  

The Grand Adventure

Introduction to a Six-Meeting Program for Grandparents
 

Chapters 2 - 6 are provided to CFM members.  Interested people can contact the CFM office to talk about forming a group or becoming a member ($10 donation). 

Solidarity
 
We are one human family whatever our national, racial, ethnic, economic, and ideological differences. We are our brothers' and sisters' keepers, wherever they may be.  Loving our neighbor has global dimensions in a shrinking world. At the core of the virtue of solidarity is the pursuit of justice and peace. Pope Paul VI taught that "if you want peace, work for justice."1 The Gospel calls us to be peacemakers. Our love for all our sisters and brothers demands that we promote peace in a world surrounded by violence and conflict.

Excerpt from US Conference of Catholic Bishops website here
 

 

 
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If you are writing a check, please write "Rice Bowl" in memo line and make payable to CCOP

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