Militia Sanctae Mariae Magisterial Delegations to North America and Preceptory of Great Britain

INTERNATIONAL FAMILIARIS CONSORTIO INSTITUTE

The mission of which is to promote and defend the values of human Life and the Family,

invites you to its next international Congress which will take place in

PARIS

 from Friday 12^th  'til Sunday, 14^th October, 2012

On the theme : ‘The Family at the source and heart of Evangelisation’

1.     Our first day on Friday will be a chance for our international delegations – including the British and American  -  to meet Mgr. Carlos SIMON VAZQUEZ, sub-secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family, and other ecclesiatical dignitaries to explain their activity since the seminar at Braga in 2010.

2.     On Saturday there will be three round tables about the congress theme. Apart from the public –who are most welcome – these will gather together people from the Church and from other walks of life involved in these questions:

1. Family, gift of God and universal Beacon
2. Family welcoming the Word of Life
3. Family shining with the Gospel of Life and Hope for all

This day will conclude with a Family Liturgical Celebration, during which the Blessing of  Mothers-to-be will be given.

3 Sunday: this final day will focus on the Blessing and Sending of all who have attended the Congress on their great Mission to promote the values of Family Life

The International Familiaris Consortio Institute is an apostolate of the Knights of Our Lady. The British preceptory of the Knights will make a pilgrimage to Aylesford Priory  on Monday 16^th July to pray for the success of the Congress.

For all enquiries about the above please contact Stephen de la Bedoyere on swabed@btinetnet.com 

(0208 675 6218 ) or Jean-Paul Gauthier on gauthierjp@aol.com (01304 389 –785)