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ICCFM ELEVENTH WORLD ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS
September 2010
(in summary form)

The International Confederation of Christian Family Movements (ICCFM) assembled in Goa, India for the XI World Family Encounter and the XV General Assembly, with the theme: The Challenges to the Family in the Emerging Global Reality: Morality, Evangelization and Faith”, resolved and agreed:

  1. To request the Christian Family Movements which are members of the Confederation:
    • To reject the laws, official decrees and international and national policies which promote forms of families different to the union of a man and woman.
    • To carry out actions which strengthen the marriages and families formed by a man and woman, where, based on human and Christian values, the dimension of fecundity is strengthened in all its perspectives: biological, social and spiritual.

  2. To motivate and encourage the family movements, members of this Confederation:
    • To initiate, continue and intensify pastoral and supporting actions, through which assistance is given to migrant persons and families, in both the receiving country as well as in the country of origin.
    • To be aware of and coordinate with other humanitarian, confessional, official and private organizations, actions in support, refuge and promotion of the processes of family insertion and regrouping.

  3. To request the Christian Family Movements, members of this Confederation, to promote on their own account, and jointly with all such similar groups and associations, actions in defense of human values and human life since its conception until its final stage.

  4. To request and motivate the Christian Family Movements, members of this Confederation, to be open and flexible in their pastoral criteria and in their personal attitudes, in connection with new forms of family described in the 4th paragraph of the preceding “whereas” and that, through the principles of RESPECT, PRUDENCE, TRUTH AND CHARITY , come close to them and accept them as new family forms, which have originated from the former family forms and coexist at present with them, and besides, pursue the same human and Christian goals.

  5. To make public these Resolutions and Agreements by means of the following actions:
    • To send them to the Continental President Couples of the International Confederation of Christian Family Movements, who must transmit them to the National President Couple of each member country.
    • To send them to all the participants in the XI World Family Encounter and the XV General Assembly of the ICCFM/CIMFC.
    • To send a copy of these Resolutions and Agreements to the Family Pontifical Council at the Vatican.
    • To send copy of these Resolutions and Agreements to the United Nations.
    • To send copy of these Resolutions and Agreements to other international organizations.
    • To make these Resolutions and Agreements fully known to the Episcopal Conferences and Church Family Departments, as well as to public and private communication media, in the member countries.

  6. To request all members and families belonging to the ICCFM/CIMFC to maintain a permanent vigilant and prayer attitude, with the community intention for the success of these agreements.

     

    ICCFM TENTH WORLD ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS
    July 2007
    (in summary form)

    Living in a challenging society, in which the cultural, economic and social changes of our times do not always present the family in a positive way, we, Christian married couples, believe that “The Legacy of our Lady of Fatima”, Queen of the Family, to the family today is:

    1. To understand that we are a gift to each other and to our family, particularly through the daily sacrifice of ourselves;
    2. To live our daily spiritual life as a couple in a profound and coherent way, in union with the ministers of the Church, through the participation in the Sacraments, the listening to and the contemplation of the Word of God and the practice of the Rosary;
    3. To transmit, as missionaries, in an interactive way, to our children, young people, other married couples, single mothers and fathers, widows and widowers, the richness and the beauty of conjugal love, and to accompany young couples in their marriage journey with an open mind of inter-religious dialogue;
    4. To support and heal in a curative and restorative way, with the light of Christ and the help of our Lady, our Mother, the wounds and sufferings which many families, including the migrants, are enduring.

    In conclusion, we hope that opinion, economic, religious and political leaders of the entire world take practical actions in favour of the dignity of life, the family and the fundamental human rights.

     

    ICCFM NINTH WORLD ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS
    July 2004
    (in summary form)

    1. We resolve to promote the vision, values, and virtues of Christian marriage and family through prayer: in the family (e.g. meal prayers, Bible study, at family rituals, etc.), in the Church (e.g. at liturgical celebrations, organizational meetings, etc.), and in society (e.g. at civil functions, public gatherings, etc.).

    2. We resolve to promote the vision, values, and virtues of Christian marriage and family through action: in the family (e.g. family meals, family meetings, family outreach, family education, etc.), in the Church (e.g. programs, liturgies, retreats, CFM, etc.), and in society (e.g. dialogue with government representatives on issues such as war and peace, housing, health care, domestic violence, and the dignity of life, etc.).

     

    ICCFM EIGHTH WORLD ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS
    July 2001
    (in summary form)

    1. That the ICCFM promote, establish and emphasize every man's right to education, so that all may participate fully in the life of faith, in the growth of the family, and in the civic and social structure of the community.

    2. That the ICCFM raise awareness in its members to observe what is happening in the world, make judgments and decide actions that will improve the quality of life of all, especially the most disadvantaged, and become a force for change that reflects the Gospel values.

    3. That regional formation schools to train CFM members be established.

    4. That the ICCFM promote unity in the CFM and help restore and activate its internal and external solidarity.