Food for thought

The working document for the Synod of Bishops on the family that meets Oct. 5-19 at the Vatican has much to say about passing the faith on to children.

Oct 17, 2014

The working document for the Synod of Bishops on the family that meets Oct. 5-19 at the Vatican has much to say about passing the faith on to children.

It says, “The role of parents as primary educators in the faith is considered vital and essential. Emphasis is often placed on their witness of fidelity, particularly on the beauty of their individuality and at times simply on the importance of their distinctive roles as father and mother.”

It notes “the richness of the intergenerational relationships are experienced in the family, where decisive events take place, e.g., birth and death, successes and misfortunes, achievements and disappointments, etc. Through these and other occurrences, the family becomes the place where children grow through the various stages of their life to respect life and form their personality.”

The document stressed “the importance of parents’ sharing and explicitly professing their faith, beginning with their manner of life as a couple, in their relationship between themselves and that with their children, and also in sharing their knowledge and awareness of Christ, who ,must be at the center of the family.”

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