Pontifical Council
for the Family

Preparatory Catecheses
for the
Fifth World Meeting
of Families


Archbishop
of Valencia

 

Index of the catecheses and structure of each assembly

 

Index

Introduction: Human love cannot exist if it seeks to detach itself from the Cross

1. The family, the first and principal transmitter of the faith

2. God One and Triune

3. The Person of Jesus Christ, the center and synthesis of the Christian faith

4. The Holy Spirit and the Church

5. The sacraments, special moments for the transmission of the faith

6. The commandments of God's law

7. Sunday: the Eucharist and other expressions

8. Popular piety

9. The Blessed Virgin Mary

 

Structure

1. Opening hymn.

2. Recitation of the "Our Father"..

3. A reading from the Bible.

4. A reading from the Teaching of the Church.

5. Reflections of the leader.

6. Dialogue

7. Commitments.

8. Recitation of the "Hail Mary" and invocation, "Regina familiae. Ora pro nobis".

9. Prayer for the family.

10. Closing hymn.

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