As Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Holy See\u2019s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva declared: \u201cThe family, after all, is, in many ways, the first school of how to be human and at the same time the family is the centre, and the heart of what Paul VI called \u2018the civilization of love\u2019\u201d. During the last General Assembly in Assisi, we committed ourselves, as WUCWO women, to “take, with renewed conviction, the joyful journey of family love, motherhood and fatherhood”. We recognise that the family is where essential values such as brotherly love, generosity and service to others are learned, and we certainly all agree that the fundamental role of the family for a peaceful civilisation is increasingly being challenged.<\/p>\n
The breakdown of family ties leaves millions of children and young people without the proper and necessary guidance. They are increasingly at risk as they use and rely on social media and digital connections for their personal and moral development.<\/p>\n
For this reason, we invite you to join our new campaign:<\/strong><\/p>\n Device-Free Family Meals<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s enjoy once a week family time<\/strong>\u201d with a device-free meal. We encourage you to dedicate time to gather your family around the table. Turn off your phones, tablets, PCs and earphones, and use these moments to listen, talk, and reconnect<\/strong>. Ideally, these meals would take place on Sunday, the Lord\u2019s Day, but any other day is just as good. This small gesture, repeated once a week, can strengthen family bonds and enrich your lives.<\/p>\n If you already have this tradition, give thanks for this blessing and join our campaign by promoting a practice that so many families have forgotten.<\/p>\n We would love to hear about your experiences:<\/strong><\/p>\n Please, share with us, in just 3 lines, your experiences, your comments and, if you wish, a photo of one of your family meals, indicating expressly that you give your approval to have WUCWO publish it in our website, social media or any other material to promote family life. Send everything to:<\/p>\n We will share your experiences among WUCWO members and through our social media. This campaign launched today will last all the Jubilee year. After a year, it will have created a good habit. It would be great to share our first experiences with families around the world on the Jubilee of Families at the end of May!<\/p>\n Are you ready to accept this challenge? Together, we can rediscover the joy of family meals and strengthen the civilisation of love!<\/p>\n Borb\u00e1la Vadnai, Coordinator of WUCWO\u2019s Family Working Group<\/em><\/p>\n M\u00f3nica Santamarina, WUCWO President General<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Holy See\u2019s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva declared: \u201cThe family, after all, is, in many ways, the first school of how to be human and at the same time the family is the centre, and the heart of what Paul VI called \u2018the civilization […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[141,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-family","category-news-wucwo"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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