Here is your “Marriage Moment” courtesy of your Office of Family Life Ministries:
Trying to decide how to celebrate Valentine’s Day next week? Candy, flowers, and dinner are nice but predictable. Try something new: 1. Honor your love by honoring those who need tangible love. Make a donation to Haiti. 2. Renew your wedding vows. If you don’t have the formal words, put it in your own heartfelt words. 3. Pray together for five minutes or more. Share it by holding hands and verbally if you can.
Here is your “Parenting Perspective” courtesy of your Office of Family Life Ministries:
Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you and your children have been inundated with news about the earthquake in Haiti these last few weeks. Perhaps you and any older children have donated to the relief work, but what can a baby or toddler do? Not much. They are with us to hug and remind us that life is fragile. Pray again for parents and children who no longer have each other to hug. Do this as a family.
God Knows Parenting is a Wild Ride! If you ever wished for practical tools, resources, skill – building techniques, and lots more, one of these FREE parenting packets is designed just for you. Parenting Packet I: addresses the basic tough tasks of raising children in today’s world. Parenting Packet II: is for those separated or divorced. Focuses on positive ways to co-parent well in order to help children of all ages who are profoundly affected by their parents’ divorce deal with the pain and upheaval in their lives. Parenting Packet III: Death and grief are inescapable. If you feel ill-prepared to discuss death with a child, you are not alone. This packet offers useful tools from preschool through teens. For your free packet, please call your Office of Family Life Ministries at 847-2210 or e-mail at familylife@buffalodiocese.org.
DON’T PUT IT OFF any longer! You’ve wanted to experience a WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND – there’s no time like the present! WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER is now right in our own backyard! Yes, the weekend of March 19 – 21, 2010 at the Quality Inn, 5440 Camp Road, Hamburg, NY 14075 can be just the perfect spot to rediscover and deepen your love relationship. For more information, call your Office of Family Life Ministries at 716 847-2210 or email familylife@buffalodiocese.org.
Are you listening to the call of the Holy Spirit in your life? Magnificat invites you to share in a very special morning of prayer, testimony and praise. A perfect Lenten opportunity in your relationship with the Lord and others. Lori Rose Cannizarro is the featured guest speaker whose story is certain to inspire and encourage all to follow the path to joy … the Lord and Giver of Life. DATE: Saturday March 6, 2010. PLACE: Holiday Inn – Amherst, 1881 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst. TIME: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm. Includes breakfast and spirit – filled opportunity for grace and fellowship. RESERVATIONS: PHONE Gloria at 1 585-457-3146 or Cindy at 716 773- 5976.
If you are looking for ways to keep your children interested, involved and have a positive experience of the church’s annual retreat as a family … we have just the packet for you! Your free packet includes realistic and practical activities, ideas, recipes and more sure to keep your family centered and focused. For your spirituality tool box of ideas, contact your Office of Family Life Ministries at 716 847-2210 or e-mail us at familylife@buffalodiocese.org.
Happy Valentine’s Day! On your wedding day you promised to love each other for better or for worse. What is a ‘for better’ that your spouse has made in your life? Share it before you go to bed tonight. For more tips and resources to strengthen your marriage, visit www.foryourmarriage.org . Contact your Office of Family Life Ministries at 716 847-2210 or email familylife@buffalodiocese.org for your free Marriage Spirituality Tune Up packet for additional practical materials.
Buffalo Diocesan Marriage Preparation Brochure through 2010
E-Mail the Family Life Department: familylife@buffalodiocese.org