ETHIOPIA: Catholic Church working to promote family values
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| Group photo of Participants of Youth Workshop organized by Catholic Church in Ethiopia to promote family values |
In a bid to
promote family values, the Catholic Church in Ethiopia is currently running a series
of workshops for Pastoral Coordinators, Catechists, couples, laity councils,
youth, Catholic students, Catholic Life Community Movements and Young Catholic
Workers on “Vocation and Mission of Families in the Church and in the Contemporary
World”.
promote family values, the Catholic Church in Ethiopia is currently running a series
of workshops for Pastoral Coordinators, Catechists, couples, laity councils,
youth, Catholic students, Catholic Life Community Movements and Young Catholic
Workers on “Vocation and Mission of Families in the Church and in the Contemporary
World”.
According to
Fr. Hailegabriel Meleku, National Pastoral Coordinator, Family is given great
attention as the current situation of families is precarious in Ethiopia and
the world.
Fr. Hailegabriel Meleku, National Pastoral Coordinator, Family is given great
attention as the current situation of families is precarious in Ethiopia and
the world.
“All
families have a mission to announce the Gospel of the family, the National plan
of the Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat’s summer program is focused around the
theme of the family, its vocation and their mission in the Church and the
contemporary world,” he said.
families have a mission to announce the Gospel of the family, the National plan
of the Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat’s summer program is focused around the
theme of the family, its vocation and their mission in the Church and the
contemporary world,” he said.
He said
these workshops are serving as a good instrument to identify some of the major
socio-cultural challenges of families in the local context and drum up
awareness on Church’s teachings on family and marriages. There are also
witnesses from families with long years of married life and different
experiences.
these workshops are serving as a good instrument to identify some of the major
socio-cultural challenges of families in the local context and drum up
awareness on Church’s teachings on family and marriages. There are also
witnesses from families with long years of married life and different
experiences.
“Marriage
and family are not only human design but a call from God or a vocation from
God, sometimes they say a marriage is planned in heaven,” he said.
and family are not only human design but a call from God or a vocation from
God, sometimes they say a marriage is planned in heaven,” he said.
Fr.
Hailegabriel explained that the workshops are aimed at helping the faithful
listen to their calling and live it as per the teaching of the Catholic Church
and to make them aware of their mission of evangelizing the value of family.
Hailegabriel explained that the workshops are aimed at helping the faithful
listen to their calling and live it as per the teaching of the Catholic Church
and to make them aware of their mission of evangelizing the value of family.
Fr.
Hailegabriel explained that the sessions are also intended to involve families
in the process of the forthcoming Synod their active participation in the
workshops.
Hailegabriel explained that the sessions are also intended to involve families
in the process of the forthcoming Synod their active participation in the
workshops.
The Catholic
Church in Ethiopia is currently preparing Catholic families to participate in
the upcoming World Meeting of Families’ congress (WMOF) to be held in
Philadelphia, USA in September.
Church in Ethiopia is currently preparing Catholic families to participate in
the upcoming World Meeting of Families’ congress (WMOF) to be held in
Philadelphia, USA in September.
Source: Makeda Yohannes, CBCE Communications
and Public Relation Officer
and Public Relation Officer
