The Family commission oversees the functioning of Regional Family Commissions
Commission for Family
CCBI Commission for Family endeavors to address all the family related needs and enable families to grow spiritually. The Family commission of CCBI oversees the functioning of Regional Family Commissions. The principal activity of the National Commission is to coordinate meetings of Secretaries of Regional Family Commissions and assist them to organize Training for the Trainers (TOT). It also conducts Biennial Meeting of Diocesan Directors/Secretaries of Family Apostolate and guides them to deepen and grow in the apostolate. It also co-ordinates and animates various family movements in India. Publications of bulletins, magazines, books and use of media is an important function of the commission.
Our Vision
"Christ centered, loving, joyful, witnessing families, nurturing life."
Our Mission
“Promoting understanding and harmony among family members, empowering them to become living sanctuaries of the Gospel values, motivating them to be agents of transformation for Church and society and, engaging them to be open to culture of life.”
Aim
To evangelize, re-evangelize family in order to empower it to become an agent of evangelization.
Our Objectives
To establish/strengthen infrastructure to foster Family Apostolate at different levels (such as parish, diocese and region);
To assist regions in order to promote and support Marriage preparation and Marriage Enrichment Programmes;
To train resource persons at the regional level for the various segments of the apostolate.
To network with family movements and other organizations.
To emphasize Pro-Life issues.
Our Objectives
To establish/strengthen infrastructure to foster Family Apostolate at different levels (such as parish, diocese and region);
To assist regions in order to promote and support Marriage preparation and Marriage Enrichment Programmes;
To train resource persons at the regional level for the various segments of the apostolate.
To network with family movements and other organizations.
To emphasize Pro-Life issues.
Brief History of Commission
For the Last twenty-five years CCBI Commission for family, under the chairmanship of Most Rev. Aloysius P. D’Souza, Most Rev. Agnelo Gracias and present Chairman Most Rev. Lawrence Pius Dorairaj, is striving very hard to materialize the vision of the Pope. A sample of it can be found in programs and training seminars conducted by the CCBI Commission for Family, namely, Pro-Life issues, training of couples for family movements., orientation for family apostolate, teams training, marriage Enrichment, family spirituality, family and Eucharist, theology of the body, families and education, remote, proximate marriage preparation and follow-up seminar.
The national office of the CCBI Commission for Family has prepared resource books, material, and power point presentations to help train personnel for the family apostolate.
In order to further decentralize the family ministry and make it more focused, Regional Family Commissions were established after the CCBI Plenary held at Ranchi from March 4th to 9th 2005. Resource material in the form of books, Literature, CD Cassettes has been prepared by the various Regional Centers of the family apostolate.
Chairman
Most Rev. Barthol Barreto
Former Chairmen
Most Rev. Aloysius P. D’Souza
Mangalore
1988- 2002
Most Rev. Agnelo Gracias
Bombay Auxiliary
2002 - 2010
Most Rev. Lawrence Pius Dorairaj
Dharmapuri
2010-2019
Most Rev. Sebastian Kallupura
Patna
2019-2023
Most Rev. Barthol Barreto
Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay
2023-
Executive Secretary:
Rev. Fr. Arul Raj Gali
Former Secretaries
Fr. Anthony Samy Francis
Fr. Vernon Vaz
2002-2006
Fr. Egidio Fernandes
2006-2007
Fr. Arul Raj Gali
2007-2011
Fr. Michael Peters
2011-2013
Fr. Pramod Dhalabanjan
2013-2014
Fr. Milton Gonsalves
2014-2022
Fr Arul Raj Gali
2022-
Member
Most Rev. T. Joseph Raja Rao S.M.M
Most Rev. Peter Sebastian Goveas S.J.
Commission for Catechetics
Anna Lewis
Alice White
Nick Carter
Robert Jones
David Green
Community of disciples that meaningfully live, celebrate, share and witness faith in Jesus Christ
Our Mission is to strengthen the faith of our Christian communities and to help them to bring it to maturity for the transformation of the society
Former Chairman
Most Rev. Antony Devotta
Trichy: 2007 – 2015
Most Rev. Thomas Ignatius Macwan
Gandhinagar: 2015 -
Former Secretaries
Rev. Dr. Jayapalan Raphael
2007 – 2011.
Rev. Dr. Laurence Culas
2011 – 2015
Most Rev. Antony Devotta
2015 –