The Importance of Family in Church Documents
Explore the significant role of the family in church documents such as the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the General Directory for Catechesis. Learn how the family serves as the original cell of social life, promoting moral values, faith, and freedom. Discover the responsibilities of parents in educating their children and the impact of children on the holiness of their parents. Delve into the concept of the Christian family as a domestic church and the importance of family catechesis in childhood religious awakening.
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The Family in Church Documents Catechism of the Catholic Church General Directory for Catechesis A Family Perspective in Church and Society National Directory for Catechesis Description: Description: http://www.usccbpublishing.org/client/Products/Prodimagetmb/5-110.jpg
The Family The family is the original cell of social life. The family is the community in which, from childhood, one can learn moral values, begin to honor God, and make good use of freedom. Family life is an initiation into life in society. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2207
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. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2204
Parents Parents have the first responsibility for the education of their children. They bear witness to this responsibility first by creating a home where tenderness, forgiveness, respect, fidelity, and disinterested service are the rule. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2223
Parents Through the grace of the sacrament of marriage, parents receive the responsibility and privilege of evangelizing their children. Parents should initiate their children at an early age into the mysteries of the faith of which they are the "first heralds. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2225
Children Children in turn contribute to the growth in holiness of their parents. Everyone should be generous and tireless in forgiving one another for offenses, quarrels, injustices, and neglect. Mutual affection suggests this. The charity of Christ demands it. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2227
Childhood Religious Awakening Children perceive and joyously live the closeness of God and of Jesus made manifest by their parents . . . this first Christian experience frequently leaves decisive traces which last throughout life. General Directory for Catechesis, 226
Family Catechesis This childhood religious awakening which takes place in the family is irreplaceable. It is consolidated when, on the occasion of family events and festivities, care is taken to explain the Christian or religious content of these events. General Directory for Catechesis, 226
Family Catechesis It is deepened . . .when parents comment on the more methodical catechesis which their children later receive in the Christian community. Family catechesis precedes, accompanies and enriches all forms of catechesis. General Directory for Catechesis, 226
The Parish The parish is the Eucharistic community and the heart of the liturgical life of Christian families; it is a privileged place for the catechesis of children and parents. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2226
