December 05, 2022 – Family & Life eNews December 2022

DIOCESE OF EVANSVILLE

OFFICE OF FAMILY & LIFE eNEWS

December 2022 and dates for 2023  

Catholic Marriage Initiatives Fund awards Diocese with $50,000 matching grant
The CMI grant is a three year matching grant that will focus on the following areas and programs:

Preparing Children and Youth for Marriage:  Remote Marriage Preparation

  • Real Essentials

Preparing Engaged Couples for Marriage: Immediate Marriage preparation (Spanish)

  • Joy-filled Marriage and Adventures in Marriage.

Ongoing Marriage Enrichment

  • Grace Marriage
  • Marriage Enrichment Retreat (In Spanish) Using JFM and AIM
  • Adventures in Marriage

Accompanying Married Couples in Crisis

  • Building a Eucharistic Marriage

Accompanying Couples Who Are Separated or Divorced 

  • Life Giving Wounds
  • Surviving Divorce

Accompanying Couples toward Marriage in the Church: Convalidation (Spanish)

  • Using a combination of Joy-filled Marriage and Adventures in Marriage

Accompanying Couples Who Have Lost a Family Member, Especially a Child

  • Redbird Ministries
2023 Unveiled Marriage Prep Retreat Dates
2023 UNVEILED RETREAT DATES:

  • MARCH 17-18, 2023 (Two Day) $225.00
  • MAY 12-13, 2023 (Two Day) $225.00
  • SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 (One Day) $170.00
Go Here to Register
2023 Natural Family Planning Classes
Go Here to Register
2023 DIVORCE SUPPORT
INTERESTED IN STARTING A SURVIVING DIVORCE SUPPORT GROUP IN YOUR PARISH OR AREA OF THE DIOCESE?  CONTACT ERIC GIRTEN AT EGIRTEN@EVDIO.ORG.
2023 PEACE IN THE MOURNING WIDOW RETREAT DAY IS MARCH 25
2023 POST ABORTION HEALING
FOSTER FRIENDLY IN 2023

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.

The Diocese of Evansville Office of Family & Life and other key partners is working to create greater support for those who have chosen to become foster parents/families.  Will you take a brief moment to complete this survey?  Simply click the link below.  Thank you!

Diocese of Evansville Foster Care Survey

1. Parish name: ________________________________ City/Town: ______________________________
2. Are you a current or past foster parent? (Circle one)     Yes     No
3. Would you like more information about parish assistance programs? (Circle one)     Yes     No
4. Would you like information on how to become a foster parent? (Circle one)     Yes     No
5. Are you interested in fostering a child? (Circle one)     Yes     No
6. Are you interested in providing tutoring for children in foster care? (Circle one)     Yes     No
7. Are you interested in preparing meals for foster care families? (Circle one)     Yes     No
8. Are you interested in babysitting for children in foster care? (Circle one)     Yes     No
9. Are you interested in assisting with transportation for foster care families (driving family members to appointments and other commitments)? (Circle one)     Yes     No
10. Are you interested in participating on a parish or diocesan team to increase awareness and support for foster/adoptive families?     Yes     No
11. Are you interested in serving on a parish prayer team for foster care families? (Circle one)     Yes     No
12. Do you know someone in your parish who is a current or past adoptive parent, foster parent, or CASA volunteer? (Circle one) If you answered yes to this question, please encourage them to complete this survey.     Yes     No
Please include your first and last name. __________________________________________________
Please include your email address.______________________________________________________

 

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Passion of Christ, strengthen me. O Good Jesus, hear me.
Within your Wounds hide me. Permit me not to be separated from you.
From the wicked foe, defend me. At the hour of my death, call me and bid me come to you.
That with your saints I may praise you. For ever and ever. Amen.
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