2022-06-29 July Family & Life eNews

DIOCESE OF EVANSVILLE
OFFICE OF FAMILY & LIFE eNEWS 
THE END OF ROE
JULY 11 @ 3:30pm CT
JULY 23 @ 10:00am CT
HOLY FAMILY CENTER FOR LIFE NFP PICNIC FOR

HFCL BOARD, NFP PRACTITIONERS, NFP FAMILIES, CLERGY

August 19 @ 6:00pm CT
REGISTER NOW
Grace Marriage is a parish based enrichment program for married couples that allows them to meet for four hours every 3 months to focus just on themselves.  There are free sample workbooks in the Family and Life Office.  For more information, contact egirten@evdio.org

Red Bird Ministries is a Catholic, pro-life/pro-family grief support ministry that focuses on bereaved families who have experienced child loss of any age and circumstance, including pregnancy loss through miscarriage and stillbirth, and after birth as an infant, child, adolescent, or adult. 

We are starting a Red Bird Ministries program in the diocese.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Eric Girten at egirten@evdio.org.

DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY 305 CHILDREN IN NEED OF FOSTER CARE IN VANDERBURGH COUNTY ALONE AND THERE ARE ONLY 89 LICENSED HOMES?  THIS LEAVES 216 CHILDREN WHO HAVE TO BE PLACED OUTSIDE OF THE AREA OR IN INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS.
WAYS A PARISH CAN BECOME FOSTER FRIENDLY…

  • ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO PRAY ABOUT BECOMING FOSTER FAMILIES
  • RAISE AWARENESS
  • PROVIDED WRAP AROUND SERVICES OR SUPPORT FOR FOSTER FAMILIES

Why Become a Foster Friendly Faith Community?

  • Justice, mercy and grace are themes throughout scripture and most faith traditions.
  • People of faith already care deeply about these issues. Statistics show practicing Christians are three times more likely to foster and twice as likely to adopt compared to the general population.
  • Foster care is a non-partisan, unifying issue.
  • Foster care is an upstream issue. It is at the root of a number of current-day social wounds, including homelessness, sex trafficking, suicide and more.

Are you ready to learn how your faith community can take the next steps to become Foster Friendly?

Get started.

Surviving Divorce is a 12-Session workshop for those who have experienced divorce.  If you are interested in participating in this workshop or as a ministry leader, please contact me at egirten@evdio.org.
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