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
