Training seminar stresses connection between families and parishes
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
The interdependent dynamics between individual, family and parish was explored March 15 during the “Family Systems, Parish Systems – Connecting the Domestic Church to the Parish” seminar held March 15 in the diocesan chancery.
Offered by the diocesan Department of Youth, Marriage and Family Life as part of their diocesan certification program, the professional development seminar gave participants tools necessary to understand and honor the place family and parish groups have in the lives of individuals and how best to serve them.
Presenters Linda Richardson, diocesan director, and Peg Hensler, program coordinator of marriage ministries, were joined by Mary Ann Collett, a commissioned lay ecclesial minster for the Diocese and co-founder and director of Catholic Women of Zion, in leading participants to develop “genograms,” a type of family tree of an individual’s background, responsibilities and experiences which impact the way they behave and what they need from a ministerial viewpoint from their church.
Families and their wealth of experiences have an impact on a parish’s life, attendees learned, as does the workings of the parish upon its members; it is only in the understanding of the relationship between the two poles that a minister can truly serve.
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The interdependent dynamics between individual, family and parish was explored March 15 during the “Family Systems, Parish Systems – Connecting the Domestic Church to the Parish” seminar held March 15 in the diocesan chancery.
Offered by the diocesan Department of Youth, Marriage and Family Life as part of their diocesan certification program, the professional development seminar gave participants tools necessary to understand and honor the place family and parish groups have in the lives of individuals and how best to serve them.
Presenters Linda Richardson, diocesan director, and Peg Hensler, program coordinator of marriage ministries, were joined by Mary Ann Collett, a commissioned lay ecclesial minster for the Diocese and co-founder and director of Catholic Women of Zion, in leading participants to develop “genograms,” a type of family tree of an individual’s background, responsibilities and experiences which impact the way they behave and what they need from a ministerial viewpoint from their church.
Families and their wealth of experiences have an impact on a parish’s life, attendees learned, as does the workings of the parish upon its members; it is only in the understanding of the relationship between the two poles that a minister can truly serve.
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