Called to the Joy of Love: A National Pastoral Framework for Marriage and Family Life Ministry

How to develop a comprehensive plan for Catholic marriage and family life ministry that helps families embrace their vocation to love and discipleship

Every human being is created for love. The family, whose mission is “to guard, reveal and communicate love,” is the most common place where God’s love is first experienced and the joy of love is made present. Catholic marriage and family life ministry seeks to serve all married couples and families as they live this noble vocation of love and discipleship.

Inspired by Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, Called to the Joy of Love: National Pastoral Framework for Marriage and Family Life Ministry offers pastoral principles for marriage and family life ministry that serve as a resource to assist pastoral planning in parishes and dioceses nationwide.

Called to the Joy of Love helps those in marriage and family life ministry reach hearts and heal wounds, especially amid an increasing number of complex marital and family situations, respond to the unique challenges of each family with renewed creativity and commitment, and form families to partake in the mission of evangelizing other families. It also provides practical tips for educating, encouraging, and engaging the families they serve as they work to advance this urgent and essential ministry.

This new edition of Called to the Joy of Love features:

• A newly designed cover with beautiful sacred art

• Colored tabs with paragraph numbers at the top of each page for easy navigation

• Carefully designed pages to make each page readable, organized, and inviting

• A document summary explaining the intended audience, the document’s origin, and the purpose it seeks to serve within the mission of the Church

• The official text of this work written by the USCCB Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth

This edition is part of The USCCB Collection from Ascension, which features official documents from the United States bishops previously published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Pages: 70