National Week of Family and Life: May 13-19th

The Hamilton Diocese joins Dioceses across Canada in celebrating the National Week of Family and Life from May 13-19th. The 2024 week draws its theme, “Love hopes all things,” from the words of St. Paul: “[Love] endures all things, trusts all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” (1 Corinthians 13:7).

Below you will find a variety of tools to be used at home, in schools and/or parishes that seeks to emphasize the joy and beauty of family and life with daily activities to help you engage more fully in the week.  Family and life are intricately linked; it is in the family we first come to know love and where we learn how to love – love is what gives hope. This is a week to celebrate, to remember your own family members and others and to focus, not just during this week, but all year round, on the importance and power of family in each person’s life.

The CCCB encourages all of us, throughout this week, to be united in prayer, reflection, and action, demonstrating our active support for family and life. The virtue of hope, together with faith and love, allows us to foster deep and lasting relationships within our families, with others, and with God. Through God’s love, we see others with ‘the light of hope’ (AL,117), adopting the compassionate gaze of Christ and witnessing to his steadfast and merciful love.

For questions or more information, contact the Family Ministry Office.