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Familia is a parish-based community of Catholicfamilies, who are
empowered by the Holy Spirit,have a personal relationship with od
and
committed to love and support one another in!rowin! as disciples
of "esus Christ#$# Parish based & 'here Familia is established,
(area of operations) is
the *arish# Connotes service to the *arish and the *arish
*riest#(Our policy statement is embodied in our Commitment
paragraph 4,
sub-paragraph 7).+# Community & 'e share and live
a common way of life# 'e have a
pastoral care system and structure# e#! that of havin! the
scripture asa basic source of the 'ord of od# Familia - bein! a
basic ecclesialcommunity#
# Catholic & 'e are part of the Catholic Church and we
adhere toits teachin!s, practices and traditions#
# Families & connotes that more than the husband and
wife, the othermembers of the family are inte!rated into Familia#
.ther members ofthe family are served throu!h the ministries
appropriate for each of
them, e#!# sin!les, mature women/men, youn! adults,
youn!erchildren, etc#
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Our entry point to Familia is theEmpowered Christian Living
Seminar(ECLS)
1. We aim to live our lives through theempowerment o the !oly
Spirit" e.g.living out the Fruit o the Spirit.
#. $its o the !oly Spirit % are maniestede.g. prayer meetings"
healing" mira&les"tongues" prophe&y" et&.
We try to esta'lish our personalrelationship with $od through
prayers"ree&tion meditations on the Word o$od" *rst as
individuals" then as amilies
and as a &ommunity.
