Office for Life & Family | Catholic Church of Philadelphia

The Office for Life & Family provides a comprehensive understanding of human nature, the person, marriage, and family, faithful to the Church’s magisterium. This office supports the Catholic Church in Philadelphia and its members in their efforts to grow in holiness in a culture which increasingly questions and lives at a distance from the Church’s vision of nature, marriage, family, biotechnology and ethics. This is reflected in the particular resources provided, the advocacy engaged upon, and in the ministries coordinated, supervised, and cooperated with, each of which present a beautiful unity of theory and pastoral practice. Our office is responsible for the supervision and oversight of all ministries in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia that serve the causes of life, dignity, marriage and family including:

Marriage Preparation and Enrichment

Natural Family Planning, and Fertility Issues

Bioethics and Pro-Life Advocacy

Families in Crisis, Bereavement, Prison Ministry

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Mission and Vision

The Office for Life and Family of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, exists to promote, foster, and defend the richness of the gift that is the Church’s vision of the human being, focusing especially on the promotion and defense of the sacrament of marriage, the family as the domestic church, and the sanctity of every human life from conception until death. It operates under the particular national-level guidance from the USCCB’s Committees on Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth as well as the Committee on Pro-Life Activities and Religious Liberty.

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