Family Life Ministry

Events

Family Life Resources

• Resources for HHS Conscience Protection
• Weekends for the Engaged - Preparation for the Sacrament of Matrimony
• Natural Family Planning  (Couple to Couple League)
• Catholic Engaged Encounter
• Rachel’s Vineyard  (to heal the pain of abortion)
• Worldwide Marriage Encounter
• Retrouvaille (for troubled marriages)
• Beginning Experience  (for those who have lost a spouse)
• Fresno Catholic Singles
• Infant of Prague Adoption Service
• Catholic Mom
• St. Joseph Counseling Center
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Initiative
• Right to Life of Central California
• California Association of Natural Family Planning (other methods)
• Mary’s Mantle Maternity Home (for Single, Expectant Mothers)
• Postcard campaign to fight FOCA, the Freedom of Choice Act

Resources for HHS Conscience Protection

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposal earlier this month to rescind the Bush Administration conscience protection regulation.

The public now has until April 9 to submit comments. Our voice is needed now!

Resources

• new YouTube videos by Cardinal George, a registered nurse, a doctor, and med students explaining the need for conscience protection – including one by the nurse in Spanish
• a bulletin announcement for use in parishes
• the USCCB’s official comments to HHS
• a helpful Q&A “Defending the Conscience Rights Regulation”
• the NCHLA Action Center where e-mail messages can be sent directly to HHS. A preset message is provided, to which the sender may add personal comments.

Weekends for the Engaged - Preparation for the Sacrament of Matrimony

English:  Dave & Joelle Farrow; 559-261-2211

3 sessions from 9-noon on Saturdays in Fresno at St. Anthony’s,

Starting April 25, 2009 & September 26, 2009

English:  Fran & Brian Cameron, 559-432-8466

3 sessions from 6-9pm on Wednesdays in Fresno at St. Anthony’s

Starting April 8, 2009

To find your local dates/ places: www.ccli.org

For classes in other parishes in English or Spanish, call 559-646-2275; 393-6176

Catholic Engaged Encounter

John & Deanna Driscoll; 559-265-3365; www.ceefresno.org

July 24,25,26, 2009, September 11, 12, 13, 2009 & Nov. 13, 14, 15, 2009

St. Anthony’s Retreat Center, Three Rivers

Rachel’s Vineyard - to heal the pain of abortion)

English:  Jennifer Butcher; 877-629-6626; www.rachelsvineyard.org

July 10, 11, 12, 2009 & November 13, 14, 15,2009

Spanish:  Jeannie Fernandez; 888-686-8537

May 15-17, 2009 & September 11, 12, 13, 2009

All are held at St. Anthony’s Retreat Center in Three Rivers

Worldwide Marriage Encounter

Paul & Marie O’Bara; 559-412-8959

obears@comcast.net; www.wwme-centralca.org

Encuentro Matrimonial Mundial en Fresno Norte

Ignacio & Elvira; 559-630-4834; elvira-nacho-4ever@hotmail.com

Encuentro Matrimonial Mundial en Fresno Sur

Tomas Renterio; 559-891-1027

http://www.wwme.org/index_es.html

Retrouvaille - for troubled marriages

Joe & Diane, 559-589-9657; Jeff or Jane, 559-298-2023; Lupe & Maria, 559-935-1424

Fresno@RetroCA.com; www.HelpOurMarriage.com

June 12-14, 2009 & September 11-13, 2009 in Fresno

Reconstruccion:  Luis & Nina Gomez; 408-661-8350; 408-281-2221

Beginning Experience - for those who have lost a spouse

Carole; 559-786-6407

www.beginningexperience.org 

June 26-28, 2009 & October 9, 10, 11, 2009

St. Anthony’s Retreat Center, Three Rivers

Fresno Catholic Singles

Joan Lum; 559-905-3643

2nd Monday of the month 

St. Paul Newman Center, Fresno

2nd Monday of each month, except December

April 13, 2009, 6:30pm-8:30pm

Infant of Prague Adoption Service

559-447-3333; 800-994-2367

http://www.infantofprague.org

Catholic Mom website

Lisa Hendey: www.catholicmom.com 

St. Joseph Counseling Center

5430 N. Palm Ave. Suite 108, Fresno, CA 93704

559-438-1200

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Initiative:

http://www.foryourmarriage.org 

Right to Life of Central California

www.FresnoProlife.org

California Association of Natural Family Planning (other methods)

Sheila St. John; 877-33-CANFP [22637]

info@canfp.org ;  www.canfp.org

Mary’s Mantle Maternity Home  (for Single, Expectant Mothers)

Marysmantle4jc@aol.com;  www.MarysMantleMaternityHome.com 

Postcard campaign to fight FOCA, the Freedom of Choice Act:

http://www.nchla.org/issues.asp?ID=50

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