Presentation made by: Sir Raymund Banaticla

2.  Explain that the truth grounding the moral
obligation for covenantal love among the
members of Christian families is the unwavering
and faithful love of our Triune God for His
people.
 Reflect and realize how our families are both the
source and context of our Christian moral living,
moving us to respond in word and deed to our
moral obligation to genuinely love and care for
our parents and siblings.
 Approach God with thanksgiving and praise for
the gift of our families.

3. WE ARE OUR FAMILIES.
WHAT IS A
FAMILY?

4.  The Christian Family as a covenant
relationship.
- essence of family is love not financial status,
achievements, looks, intelligence, productivity
or anything else.
- the love we are called to share within our
family is patterned after God’s own love for us,
a love that is self-sacrificing, life-giving and
other centered.

5. The covenantal love within a family begins
with the love and fidelity that the father and
mother pledged to share with one another in
marriage.

6.  Every christian family is called to be the
foundation of the whole church, strengthened
by Christ’s teachings and examples.
 Christian family, a child’s “first school of
discipleship,” nourished the spiritual life of the
members.

7.  Basic community upon which society builds
itself.
 Family is necessary unit through which citizens
are born and grow in number.
 Family is the vital cell of the society because it
is where persons are nurtured and trained to
become good and productive members of the
society.

8.  Imagination activity:
 Picture your own future families. Knowing that
every family ought to be a covenant relationship, a
domestic Church, and a vital cell of the society,
write a letter to your “future selves” with the goal of
inspiring your future selves and reminding you of
the real meaning and purpose of family life.
 Your letter should be computerized, written in a
short bond paper, 12 font and should be address
properly.