At the recent World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Pope Francis called on families to “become a source of encouragement for others.” Bayard, Inc. wants to support families by developing and launching a new subscription-based online resource for parents and families. Two surveys (Pastoral Leaders, Parents) will help us collect valuable input from pastoral leaders and families. Please share these survey links with parents and pastoral leaders.
To ensure that the resource we develop will be of benefit to families and parishes, we need to identify the issues that are important for parents and families today, as well as the types of resources that support your parish or school’s ministry to, and with, parents and families. We want to identify what’s missing in available resources and what pastoral services would help make your ministry easier and more effective.
The “family” that we see in our parishes today is incredibly diverse. Families range from one or two children or more. Families are multicultural and multiracial. The families in our parishes and schools include nuclear, blended, extended, and single-parent families. Effective pastoral outreach is conscious of and responds to all the various family realities. We want every family to both be encouraged and become a source of encouragement to others.
Please help us by completing the appropriate survey and sharing these survey links with others:
Thanks!
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