About a hundred years ago, Pope St. Pius X
said to a group of bishops, “What the Church needs most
today is a laity that knows the Faith, loves the Faith,
and has the courage to stand up and defend the Faith.” If
that was true a century ago, it’s all the more true today.
The Pope’s words challenges us, too. We need
help to raise an army of Catholics who know and love the
Faith, and have the courage to stand up and defend it! And
that’s why we’re inviting you to belong to the Family
Life Team, as a Supporter of the Family Life Center
International and St. Joseph’s Covenant Keepers.
The Supporters on our Family Life Team
consist of a group of about 2,000 Catholics who are serious
about living their Faith. Each month we send Supporters
an informative and inspirational letter, highlighting a
project to help solve a moral, theological, or family crisis.
Often we feature a book, audiotape, or CD with cutting-edge
information.
We’ve dealt with topics like these:
- How to bring loved ones who’ve fallen away from the
Church back into the fold
- Practical ways parent can help young children and teenagers
grow in the four cardinal virtues: fortitude, justice,
prudence, and temperance.
- How parents can prevent homosexuality
- How to be an effective Catholic parent – and how to
teach the Faith to children so that they’ll treasure and
pass on the Faith to their children
- Our new books on courtship, The ABCs of Choosing
a Good Husband: How to Find and Marry a Great Guy and
The ABCs of Choosing a Good Wife. These books have
been flying out the door like you wouldn’t believe.
- How to revive the centuries-old practice of honorable
courtship – and why courtship (rather than “dating”) is
a key to establishing a rock-solid marriage
- Internet Porn: why so many Catholic men are enmeshed
in it, and a method that’s guaranteed to break the cycle
of addiction once and for all
- How to really understand the Bible so that you’ll find
a deeper relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ
We guarantee that you’ll benefit
from receiving informative monthly mailings about topics
like these. You’ll become a better Catholic, a better spouse,
and a better parent. Best of all, you’ll find a deeper and
more personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Coinciding with your growth, you
will be better able to pass on vital assistance to friends
and family members who need help in their faith and family
life. Thus, our Family Life Team strategy for
Supporters involves much more than just sending something
in response to a gift. Rather, it is really a strategy of
multiplication – of helping many other families by helping
you and your family.
So why not become a Supporter
on the Family Life Team today? Try us for a year.
Simply call the office at 800-705-6131, e-mail us at team@familylifecenter.net.
Say that you’d like a trial membership as a Supporter on
the Family Life Team.
Obviously it costs money to send
out these monthly mailings. All we ask is that you send
a sacrificial gift at least once or twice during the next
12 months – a reasonable request. We’re confident that you
and other people you know will benefit from it.
The Pontifical Theological Congress stated:
“We affirm that the Christian family itself is a great bearer
of the Good News of Jesus Christ for this Millennium. It
is truly an agent of Evangelization” (cf. Pope John Paul
II, Familiaris Consortio, n. 52).
Your gifts will make possible the Family Life
Center’s outreaches, will strengthen your own faith and
family, and finally, the monthly premiums will strengthen
your ability to be a bearer of the Good News.
Please accept my invitation to become a member
of the Family Life Team.
Yours in His Majesty’s Service,
Steve Wood
