PA920EE Marriage and Family
PA920EE Marriage and Family
Upon completion of this course, the Deacon will be able to:
- Assist parishioners in pastoral needs of their marriages and families
- Using principles drawn from the Catholic Church’s teaching on marriage and family, assist parishioners in their growth and healing in marital and family relationships.
- Become familiar and comfortable with referring to appropriate community resources that represent Catholic values and beliefs.
- Become more familiar with and utilize existing resources from the U.S. Bishops website/s on marriage and family.
- Educate staff and parishioners to available resources to strengthen marriages and families, with emphasis on normal developmental needs.
- Distinguish between, pastoral counseling, spiritual direction, clinical counseling, and psychiatric needs of parishioners.
- Reflect more fully on the integral relationship between the deacon’s personal experience of the sacraments of Holy Orders and Matrimony
Course Syllabus
PA920EE Marriage and Family
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the Deacon will be able to:
- Assist parishioners in pastoral needs of their marriages and families
- Using principles drawn from the Catholic Church’s teaching on marriage and family, assist parishioners in their growth and healing in marital and family relationships.
- Become familiar and comfortable with referring to appropriate community resources thatrepresent Catholic values and beliefs.
- Become more familiar with and utilize existing resources from the U.S. Bishops website/s on marriage and family.
- Educate staff and parishioners to available resources to strengthen marriages and families, with emphasis on normal developmental needs.
- Distinguish between, pastoral counseling, spiritual direction, clinical counseling, and psychiatric needs of parishioners.
- Reflect more fully on the integral relationship between the deacon’s personal experience of the sacraments of Holy Orders and
Course Description – PA883DM Marriage and Family
| Rationale | This course is based on the mandate given by John Paul II in Familiaris Consortio, “No plan for organized pastoral work at any level must ever fail to take into consideration the pastoral area of the family.” [70]
Since families should be the first communities of evangelization and families often experience crises, Deacons must be sensitive to the need for a pastoral response. |
| Course Focus | This course is designed to focus on the pastoral aspects of ministry with families.
Much attention will be given to marriage preparation in the parish. A vision for pastoral care of families will be developed by focusing on: Church teaching, The dignity of marriage, The marital embrace, and The family |
| Included Topics | The following topics have been chosen for this course since they are the most difficult topics in Marriage and Family ministry. They include:
Family Life Cohabitation And Marriage Preparation Marriage And Family Finances Family And Parenting Issues – Chastity Education Marriage Preparation In The Church Contraception Mixed Marriages Family Planning Domestic Violence Social Aspects Of Abortion Theology Of The Body Married Spirituality |
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Course Components |
This course draws from the disciplines of:
to emphasize the critical importance of ministering to married couples and families as they seek to become “domestic church.”
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Required Texts
All texts are available in the course or on the web.
Module 1 Family Life
Module 2 Marriage and Family Finances
Module 3 Marriage Preparation in the Church
Module 4 Mixed Marriages
Module 5 Domestic Violence
Module 6 Theology of the Body
Module 7 Cohabitation & Marriage Preparation
Module 8 Family & Parenting Issues
Module 9 Contraception
Module 10 The Potential of Natural Family Planning
Module 11 Social Aspects of Abortion
Module 12 Married Spirituality