support for the family in the local parish

how the parish tries to help the family

* Most parishes have a ==local church primary or secondary school== connected to them providing children with a Christian education.
* Family groups are parish friendship groups which bring together people in the local parish
* Parish ==clergy spend time to remind parents of the importance of family.==
* Parishes help ==families through rites of passage.- Helping children in Holy Communion.==

why local Catholic parishes help families

* Christianity teaches ==family is the basic unity of socirty therefore withouy family society would collpase==
* ==Catechism== teaches that the parish is the ==“ heart of the liturgical life of Christian families”==
* The ==purpose of marriage is to have Catholic children== . It is then that they will l==earn to love God and follow Jesus, so the parish has to assist that task..==
* They have a duty to ==help children get Baptised in the church.== In some Churches the clergy make promises to God that they will help parents.

why is support from the local Catholic parishes important for Catholic families

* Raising children r==equires parents to take them to mass regualrly . Providings the childrens liturgy during mass helps parents to do this==
* Raising children in a Catholic family requires knowledge about the faith from someone more knowledgable than the parents.==Therefore supporting local Catholic schools and providing classes before children recieve the sacrament of the Eucharist is valuable for families==
* ==Local parish priests help children recieve all the sacraments they need==
* The ==sesne of community as members of the Body of Christ is comforting and reassuring==

SOWA support for the family in the local parish

Then people brought little children to Jesus for ==him to place his hands on them and pray for them==. But the disciples rebuked them.

 Jesus said, ==“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.==” - Matthew 19