Amarillo, TX 79117
Phone: 806-383-2243 | Fax: 806-383-8452
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Stephanie Fraustosfraustodioama.orgRespect Life Ministries Director
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Family Life - Diocese of Amarillo
MISSION- The Family Life Office seeks to foster, promote & assist families, parishes and other institutions in service to life, marriages, & families with the ongoing task of protecting and enhancing human life from conception through natural death. Our mission is to cultivate a Civilization of Love & LIFE! Restoring hope and grace." Restoring respect for human life in our society is an essential task of the Church that extends through all its institutions, agencies, and organizations and embraces diverse tasks and goals...Actively promoting a renewed respect for human life is the responsibility of every Catholic."
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Following the Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities of the NCCB & the United States Bishops': we engage in education, pastoral care, and advocacy through a campaign in support and defense of Life, Marriage & Family. Promoting a consistent ethic of life, we strive to provide a compassionate, but honest, responses to those struggling with issues of life, marriage & family.
From our Holy Father Pope Francis Pope Francis: Letter to the People of God
“If one member suffers, all suffer together with it”, said Saint Paul. By an attitude of prayer and penance, we will become attuned as individuals and as a community to this exhortation, so that we may grow in the gift of compassion, in justice, prevention and reparation.
Mary chose to stand at the foot of her Son’s cross. She did so unhesitatingly, standing firmly by Jesus’ side.
In this way, she reveals the way she lived her entire life. When we experience the desolation caused by these ecclesial wounds, we will do well, with Mary, “to insist more upon prayer”, seeking to grow all the more in love and fidelity to the Church (SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA, Spiritual Exercises, 319). She, the first of the disciples, teaches all of us as disciples how we are to halt before the sufferings of the innocent, without excuses or cowardice. To look to Mary is to discover the model of a true follower of Christ.
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2017-2018 Respect Life Theme: "BE NOT AFRAID"My dear friends in Christ:...Looking back over the last year, there's been a lot of uncertainty, suffering, and heartache. Between tragedies that occur in the public eye and trials that take place in our personal lives, there's no shortage of reasons we cry out to God.
At such times, we may feel alone and unequipped to handle the circumstances. But we have an anchor of hope to cling to. With words that echo through thousands of years into the corners of our hearts, God says to us, "Do not fear: I am with you" (Isaiah 41:10).
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As followers of Jesus Christ, we know that our identity and our mission are two sides of the same coin; like the apostles, we are called to be missionary disciples. We are not only invited to follow and take refuge in God, our stronghold, but we are also commissioned to reach out to one another, especially to the weak and vulnerable.
Building a culture of life isn't something we just do one month of the year, or with one event or initiative—it's essential to who we are. It happens through our daily actions, how we treat one another, and how we live our lives. - Cardinal Timothy M Dolan
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"...the joy of love needs to be cultivated." - Pope Francis, Amoris Laetitia
Amoris Laetitia - on love in the family
Laudato Si - Joy of the Gospel
The U.S. bishops have called on the faithful to renew a culture of life, marriage, and religious liberty in our country through prayer, penance and sacrifice. To sign up, TEXT "fast" to 99000 or visit www.usccb.org/pray . ~ Anne McGuire, For Full Article Go Here . -
UPCOMING EVENTS
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October 1 - October 31Respect Life Month. Learn more by calling the diocesan Family Life Office at 806-414-1059.
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Sunday, October 21, 12:00 PMNatural Family Planning, Marquette Method, for the Northern Deanery at Immaculate Conception Church, Perryton. For additional information, please contact Dr. Faye Usala at 358-2880 or 806-683-5561.
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Friday, October 26, 6:30 PMWhat if the worst thing you think could happen, does?...are you widowed, separated, divorced? How do you cope with the grief, loss and pain?
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November 9 - November 11A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend at the Bishop DeFalco Retreat Center, Amarillo. For additional information or to sign up, please call Tung and Nanette Nguyen at 505-400-0617 or 505-463-0261.
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Sunday, November 11, 12:00 PMNatural Family Planning, Marquette Method, in the office of Dr. Stephen Usala. For more information, please call 358-2880.
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