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Dear Partners in Ministry,
The Strong Catholic Families national team is pleased to share with you our newest (and fourth) revision of  the Strong Catholic Families initiative. We’ve spent the last year updating our PowerPoint presentations and notes found in the parent  and leader sessions so that they reflect the newest thoughts and research to advance our shared ministerial goal to partner with parents to bring home the faith. To kick things off, we are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday, September 17 at 2:00 pm ET:

What Can We Do For Our Families?
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 2:00 PM ET
Presented by Members of the Strong Catholic Families National Team: Mark Mann, Linda Moses, Katherine Angulo and Michael Theisen
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Note: Please register even if you cannot attend the live session as a recording of the video will automatically be sent to all registered within two hours after the webinar concludes so that you can view it at your leisure.

Since 2010 we have conducted over 100 trainings and in-services in dioceses across the U.S. and Canada as well as developed an abundance of free resources and webinars in addition to our daily updated Strong Catholic Families Facebook page to assist parish leaders in partnering more closely with parents to help them grow the domestic church. We hope you will join us on September 17 as we explore these latest developments in our continuing efforts to help parents bring home the faith.
 
As one of our licensed locations, you may view the updated materials at:
Discreet Host/Leader Site: www.nfcym.org/licensedhosts/
Password: strongfamilies
See: Parent Session (C1), Leader Session (E3) and Parish Overview Session (E4)
 
Peace in Christ,
Michael Theisen on behalf of the Strong Catholic Families National Team and our National Partners:
National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry
National Conference for Catechetical Leadership (NCCL)
National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers (NACFLM)
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA

The ministry of the Word is a fundamental element of evangelization through all its stages, because it  nvolves the proclamation of Jesus Christ, the eternal Word of God.  "The word of God nourishes both evangelizers and those who are being evangelized so that each one may continue to grow in his or her Christian life" (National Directory for Catech-esis [NDC] [Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bish-ops, 2005], no. 17).
This year, the Church will celebrate Cate-chetical Sunday on September 15, 2019. The 2019 theme will be "Stay With Us." Those who the Community has designated to serve as catechists will be called forth to be commissioned for their ministry. Catechetical Sunday is a wonder-ful opportunity to reflect on the role that each person plays, by virtue of Baptism, in handing on the faith and being a witness to the Gospel. Catechetical Sunday is an opportunity for all to rededicate them-selves to this mission as a community of faith.  For materials and resources (in English and Spanish) contact USCCB.

                 








Be inspired from sights from last year's conference  https://vimeo.com/326871463/756008b0a8

Spanish BCF 2019-2020 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel 9/13,10/11,1/10,/2/28,/3/6, 5/1
Spanish BCF 2019-2020 - Our Lady of the Pilar  8/5, 9/9, 10/7, 11/4, 12/2, 1/6, 2/3, 3/2
Maestria en Catequesis  8/3,17,24; 9/7,14 ; 10/12
Septiembre 28 Santa Rosa Faith Formation Conference
31 Concurse Anual de Ensayos de Respeto de la Vida Aarquidiocesana 

Office of Faith Formation
Archdiocese of San Francisco
One Peter Yorke Way
San Francisco, CA   94109
sfarch.org/ooff
phone/fax 415-614-5650