1. CFC-SINGLES FOR CHRIST
COVENANT ORIENTATION
WEEKEND
TALK 3: STRENGTHENING FAMILY LIFE

2. Deuteronomy 5:16
“Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord
your God has commanded you, so that you
may live long and that it may go well with you in
the land the Lord your God is giving you.

3. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S
VIEW OF THE FAMILY
To form a Community of
Persons
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The family is a symbol of
Trinitarian love:
FREE
TOTAL
FAITHFUL
AND FRUITFUL

4. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S
VIEW OF THE FAMILY
To form a Community of Persons
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It is founded on and given life by love, consisting of a
husband and wife, of parents, of children, of relatives.
the Church calls on the family to practice a great spirit
of sacrifice.
The roles of father and mother, husband and wife
complement each other.

5. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S
VIEW OF THE FAMILY
To form a Community of Persons
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We have our own special individual vocation within our
own family community of love and life.
The family is a domestic Church

6. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S
VIEW OF THE FAMILY
To Serve Life
As members of Singles
for Christ we stand for:
• the dignity and
sanctity of every
human life, from
conception to
natural death.
• God’s design of our
sexuality as male
and female created
in His image and
likeness.

7. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S
VIEW OF THE FAMILY
To Serve Life
As members of Singles for Christ we stand for:
• the sacredness of marriage and our participation in
building the Christian family.
• our freedom to practice our family and life values
based on our Catholic faith.

8. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S
VIEW OF THE FAMILY
To Serve Life
In our families, we are responsible for each other, and so
we must strive to assist our parents in educating our
siblings and showing them by example how we live out
such a lifestyle.
• We encourage our families to support programs that
educate the public, especially the Catholic faithful on
the moral responsiveness on the different aspects of
pro-life and pro-family issues.
• We value our bodies as a temple of the Holy Spirit
• We work to strengthen the bonds within the Christian
family, between husband and wife, between parents

9. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S
VIEW OF THE FAMILY
To Participate in the Development of
Society
“The family is the ORIGINAL CELL OF SOCIAL
LIFE.
It is the natural society in which husband and wife
are called to give themselves in love and in the
gift of life.
Authority, stability, and a life of relationships
within the family constitute the foundations for
freedom, security and fraternity within society.
The family is the community in which, from
childhood, one can learn moral values, begin to

10. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S
VIEW OF THE FAMILY
Share in the Life and Mission of the Church
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“Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to
the whole creation” (Mark 16:15).
The best thing we can do to bring members of
our family closer to God is to pray
we can also be living witnesses of our own faith
by encouraging and supporting the family
member along the path towards the acceptance
of Jesus as our saviour.

11. W
HAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN TO
BE SINGLE IN OUR FAMILIES?
A time of generosity for the family
A time to bond with our brothers and
sisters
A time to enhance the family or being a
family
A time to share what you’ve learned or are
learning
A time to share in adult decisions and let
your voice be heard during family
discussions

12. Conclusion
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John Paul II: “The future of humanity passes by way of
the family.” (FC)
We will always end up with family: the family we come
from, and the family we will build in whichever vocation
we choose to go into.
Being more aware of the role of families in today’s
world, let us make the most of the time we have now
while we are Single to prepare ourselves for when we
build a family of our own
If you sow a Christian family, you reap a Christian
community.
If you sow a Christian community, you reap a Christian
city.
If you sow a Christian city, you reap a Christian nation.