BUILDING Leaders FORMING Youth PREPARING for Marriage Every year, the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers (NACFLM) hold a conference & every year it keeps getting better & better! This year s theme is in keeping with the year of faith. It s entitled: Faith & Family in the New Evangelization: From the Heart of the Church to the Heart of the Home As in past years, the Office of Family Life is encouraging your attendance because what you bring home from the conference not only benefits the individual attendees but also their families and faith community which benefits all of us! We ask that you consider attending NACFLM s 2013 International Conference Here are 10 reasons to consider going: 1. The theme for this year says it all. In today s world we need to live our faith and, if nothing else, evangelize by our example. 2. The venue for this year is close to home: St. Louis, MO 3. Save on gas. The Office of Family Life is providing free bus service to and from the conference. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED! 4. Timely topics and speakers. 5. A chance to learn and bring it back to your home & parish. 6. Meet with others from around the world and share ideas. 7. Listen to the authors of the programs you are interested in. 8. 6 Great Keynote Addresses, 21 Excellent Resource Workshops, 7 Informative Trade Schools and 12 Pre-Conference classes 9. A great learning experience for you. Where else can you learn so much!?!? 10. A way to get fired up about your faith, in this Year of Faith, and how to live it out. Remember the EIGHT BUILDING BLOCKS introduced for Marriage Building 2011?! Just for this year, we are adding an 9th BUILDING BLOCK: Evangelization. Look & see the topics under that one Want to help strengthen areas in your parish in one or more of these Building Blocks? CREATING a Culture of Life READ ON to see how it all fits together! Each presentation has been categorized in one or more Building Block category. See the brochure on the NACFLM website for more information on the speakers, their presentations www.nacflm.org STRENGTHENING the Married Pastoral CARING Divorce HEALING WORSHIPPING & Prayer EVANGELIZATION
EVANGELIZATION KEYNOTES: "Year of Faith & the New Evangelization" Msgr Eugene Morris "Visions of Family & Spirituality & the New Evangelization" by Deacon Ralph Poyo THURSDAY MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS: "Love & Marriage in Middle America Project" - David & Amber Lapp Practical Ways to Implement the New Evangelization in a Diocese or Parish" by a panel "The Urging of Christ's Love: The Evangelization through Catholic Social Teaching" by Omar Guitierrez CAPSTONE: "Marriage & the Family at the Heart of the New Evangelization" by Lawrence Feingold STD STI RESOURCE WORKSHOP: "Authentic Discipleship-the Fruit Needed from the New Evangelization" : "Employing the New Media to Bring About the New Evangelization Among Families" WORSHIPPING & Prayer RESOURCE WORKSHOP American Apostle of the Rosary The Transformative Power of Spiritual Development in the 2nd Half of Life Cultivating a Home Grown Faith
BUILDING Leaders WORKSHOPS: Safe Environment & Family Ministry: Importance, Protocols, Vetting Speakers Developing a Practical Theology of Family Ministry: the Diocesan Coordinator Role Please Understand Me! Four Secrets to Personalities in Ministry A Winning Strategy for Restoring a Culture of Life It Takes a Catholic Village How to Protect Your Family Online "Partners on the Journey": A Model for Catholic Marriage Enrichment S: Employing the New Media to Bring About the New Evangelization Among Families Understanding Child Sexual Abuse & the Technology Related Compliant Victim Pastoral Concerns & Approaches for Those With Sam-Sex Attraction & Their Parents & Family Annulments, Canon Law & the New Evangelization Pastoral CARING Let's Turn This Ship Around-Getting Your Marriage on Course How to Create a Healing Environment for Marriages, Illness & Other Life Difficulties An Integrated Ministry to Hurting Marriages: Outreach, Third Option & Retrouvaille How to Protect Your Family Online Pastoral Concerns & Approaches for Those With Sam-Sex Attraction & Their Parents & Family
PREPARING for Sacramental Marriage Pre-CONFERENCE TRAINING: FACET FOCCUS (English & Spanish) Fully Engaged Pre-Marital Inventory Training Marriage Preparation-Leader Training Marriage Preparation for the New Evangelization: Transformed in Love; Building Your Catholic Marriage Training Prepare-Enrich Diocesan NFP Ministry-Best Practices STRENGTHENING the Married Pre-CONFERENCE Active Relationships: Certification Training Celebrating Family National Projects: Responding to Families Expressed Needs in England & Wales Working with Newly Married Couples "Partners on the Journey": A Model for Catholic Marriage Enrichment
CREATING a Culture of Life: KEYNOTES: "Religious Liberty a Fundamental Right and What this Means for Marriage & the Family" with Most Rev William Lori, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore SATURDAY MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS: "Promoting & Defending Marriage: What Your Parish or Diocese Can Do" by Timothy Roder & Bethany Meola "A Home Built on Virtue" with Tom McCabe "So Goes Marriage So Goes Culture" with Damen Owen The Joy of Sexual Honesty: A Refreshing Look at Chastity & Modesty How to Protect Your Family Online NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING NFP E-Distance Learning NFP Fact Checker Facing Infertility: Ministering with Couples Struggling to Conceive PORNOGRAPHY KEYNOTES-FRIDAY MORNING (a WHOLE morning devoted to this topic!!): "The Pornography Pandemic: A Message to Catholics" with Patrick Trueman "RECLAiM Sexual Health Combining Science & Spirituality to Overcome Pornography" with Bruce & Jeanne Hanneman "Fighting Porn in Our Culture...and Winning!" with Peter Kleponis, PhD, LPC, NCC RESOURCE WORKSHOP: Fighting Porn in Our Culture...and Winning! THE MEDIA: Trade Schools Employing the New Media to Bring About the New Evangelization Among Families Understanding Child Sexual Abuse & the Technology Related Compliant Victim
FORMING Youth Pre-CONFERENCE TRAINING: TOB for Teens & Pre-Teens Leader Training The Multi-Media Assault on Our Nation's Youth Understanding & Serving the Spiritual Needs of Children of Divorce How to Protect Your Family Online Understanding Child Sexual Abuse & the Technology Related Compliant Victim Divorce HEALING: Pre-CONFERENCE TRAINING: Divorce Healing Leader Training Understanding & Serving the Spiritual Needs of Children of Divorce An Integrated Ministry to Hurting Marriages: Outreach, Third Option & Retrouvaille Annulments, Canon Law & the New Evangelization