Catholic Family Life – The Domestic Church – Questions And Answers

The Family in God’s Plan (ccc 2201 – 2206)

The nature of the family

The conjugal community is established upon the consent of the spouses. Marriage and the family are ordered to the good of the spouses and to the procreation and education of children. the love of the spouses and the begetting of children create among members of the same family personal relationships and primordial responsibilities.

A man and a woman united in marriage, together with their children, form a family. This institution is prior to any recognition by public authority, which has an obligation to recognize it. It should be considered the normal reference point by which the different forms of family relationship are to be evaluated.

In creating man and woman, God instituted the human family and endowed it with its fundamental constitution. Its members are persons equal in dignity. For the common good of its members and of society, the family necessarily has manifold responsibilities, rights, and duties.

The Christian family

“The Christian family constitutes a specific revelation and realization of ecclesial communion, and for this reason it can and should be called a domestic church.” It is a community of faith, hope, and charity; it assumes singular importance in the Church, as is evident in the New Testament.

The Christian family is a communion of persons, a sign and image of the communion of the Father and the Son in the Holy Spirit. In the procreation and education of children it reflects the Father’s work of creation. It is called to partake of the prayer and sacrifice of Christ. Daily prayer and the reading of the Word of God strengthen it in charity. the Christian family has an evangelizing and missionary task.

The relationships within the family bring an affinity of feelings, affections and interests, arising above all from the members’ respect for one another. the family is a privileged community called to achieve a “sharing of thought and common deliberation by the spouses as well as their eager cooperation as parents in the children’s upbringing.

17 Year Old Asks How to Be a Better Son

A Disabled Child is Not a Punishment

Advice for Newlyweds

Advice For Nursing Moms and Their Husbands

Are You Expected to Remain Celibate after You Have a Civil Divorce

Authentic Manhood

Can divorced people be Godparents

Can the Pill have dangerous side effects

Cohabitation – What can parents do

Condom controversy discussion

Contraception Ideology in Third World Countries

Converting as a Child When Parents Disapprove

Deciding if a Promotion is Good for Your Family

Do Abusive Parents Deserve Obedience

Do invalidly married couples still receive any sacramental grace

Do the Children of a Mixed Marriage Need to Be Raised Catholic

Does the Pill Even Regulate Cycles

Does the pill really prevent conception

Has the Church Always Condemned Contraception

Honor Thy Father and Mother and the Alcoholic Parent

How can Families encourage vocations

How can I explain annulments to my non Catholic friend

How Do I Convince My Boyfriend to Marry Me so I Can Come Back to the Church

How Do I Share the Faith with My Non Catholic Parents

How Do I Trust God With Our Family Planning

How Is Natural Family Planning Different from Contraception

How much should low income families tithe

How Responsible Are Parents for Their Adult Children’s Behavior

How to Approach Pro Choice Family Members

How to Deal With a Family Member Who Starts a Church

How to Deal With Difficult Family Members

How to Get an Annulment

How to Help A Child With ADHD

How to Help With Teenage Grandchildren

How to Talk About Homosexuality With Your Children

Is Contraception OK for Non Catholics as an Alternative to Abortion

Is Divorce Okay Because the Apostles Left Their Families

Is It Always Sinful to Pursue a Childless Relationship

Is It Necessary to Renew Your Vows on Your Anniversary

Is it Okay to Have Marital Relations When You’re Too Old to Have Children

Is it Okay to Use Birth Control for Medical Reasons

Is it Prudent to Allow Divorced and Remarried Catholics to Receive Communion

Is Natural Family Planning Effective

Is Overpopulation a Valid Reason to Not Have Children

Matthew 19 and Annulments

My sister is living in sin. Can I stay at her house

My Wife and I Are Celibate, How Can I Have Strength to Continue like This

Prayers for Overcoming Infertility

Reasons for Spousal Separation

Relativism and Abortion

Resources for Working Through an Annulment

Should Parents Allow Their Child to Choose His Religion

Should we stay married for the children

Should Wives Submit to their Husbands

Talking to Family Members about Catholicism.

The Church and Humanae Vitae

The Problem With the Most Holy Family Monastery Website

Untangling Old Family Trauma

Was Humanae Vitae Just Pope Paul VI’s Opinion

What Can I Do to Help My Wife Who Worries about Our Finances

What Does Adultery Encompass

What to Do When Someone Rejects Your Offer of Forgiveness

What to Do When Your Spouse Uses Contraception

When a Family Member Suffers a Debilitating Illness

When a Spouse Files For Divorce

When is it Okay to Use NFP to Avoid Pregnancy

When to Talk to Family About Abortion

Why Don’t Men Go to Church Anymore

Why is In Vitro Fertilization wrong

Why Would I Want To Plan My Family

Working Through Feelings After a Divorce