MFL

Marriage and Family Life (MFL) revolves around the basic truth that the family is the domestic church. It deals with the theological foundations and pastoral implications of marriage and family life, in the Philippine context. It discusses related and current issues such as pre-marital concerns, parenting, and family spirituality.

Aims

1. Understand the Church’s teaching on marriage and family life.

2. Deepen one’s view on love and relationships.

3. Appreciate family life as a vocation to love.

Outcomes

• apply the values learned in their everyday living

• share with others the goodness of God in their own living examples

• make a list of things to do to renew one’s relationship with God

References

• Marriage and the Family. UST Textbook Series, 1984.

• Jesus in Marriage: A Program for Young People. CBCP-ECFL, 2010.

• Carl Anderson and José Granados, Called to Love: Approaching John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, New York: Doubleday, 2009.