Started by Saint John Paul II, and held every three years, this major world event celebrates family as the cornerstone of our lives, and the fundamental building block of society and the Church.
The World Meeting of Families, is being held in June 2022 in Rome and will focus on the theme “Family Love: A Vocation and a Path to Holiness'. The aim this year is for local celebrations to coincide with the events in Rome.
Resources
WMOF Prayer written in collaboration with marriage & family life coordinators
Official version of WMOF prayer
Please use the hashtags #WMOF22 #rome@home in your social media posts.
'We believe in love ', official song of the WMOF. The chorus is in English, but the rest of the song is a combination of nine languages, including Chinese and Swahili
In preparation for the World Meeting, our friends at CELEBRATE have produced a Prayer Station resource to be used in parishes,which can also be used at any time of the year. They are designed for parishes, families and groups. Online family acitivit packs to support faith formation in the home can be found at Family packs
The CELEBRATE Prayer Stations are an excellent resource which may be used in a variety of different settings, assisting parish families across the generations to engage in the 10th World Meeting of Families Catechesis. Those who have created this highly recommended resource are to be congratulated. This work has emerged from faith-filled families who are committed to living the Gospel and to sharing the Good News with other families. I highly recommend this CELEBRATE parish resource which is accessible and aims to help evangelise and catechise in a simple, inclusive and family friendly way. Bishop David Oakley Chair of the CBCEW Committee for Marriage and Family Life
Further resources are available from the Dicastry : Access the Pastoral Kit for ideas and click for the Guidelines
Past celebrations: Dublin 2018
Address by Bishop Nicholas Hudson 'The joy of live experienced by families is also the joy of the Church'
Keynote Address given by Cardinal Vincent Nichols at World Meeting of Families in Dublin on 23rd August 2018.
You can access all the speeches and the closing Mass homily of Pope Francis in Ireland on the WMOF website for links see below.
PAPAL TEXTS & HOMILIES Please click Official website
AMORIS PROGRAMME https://amoris.ie/