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Family Fun Day 2025!

Saturday 19th July, 2025
From 8:00 AM
Presentation Grounds, Chaguanas

Bring the whole family and join us for a joy-filled day of fun, faith, and fellowship!

‍‍‍ ALL families are invited — come dressed in your vicariate colours and represent your region with pride!

What’s in store?
✨ Games & Races
Face Painting
Bouncy Castle
Tug o’ War
Fun Competitions
Picnic Vibes
Music, laughter, and community spirit!

️ Entrance is FREE!
Food and drinks available for purchase, or bring your blankets, baskets, and shareables for a classic family picnic.

Let’s celebrate the gift of family — one laugh, one game, one memory at a time. See you there!

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Children Are Gift: Honouring the Role of Fathers in Faith and Family

In the evening of Tuesday, June 17th, 2025, at St Dominic’s RC Church, Morvant, just off the Lady Young Road, the Archdiocesan Family Life Commission (AFLC) facilitated  a session focused on Fathering. This session is part of AFLC’ Children Are Gift programme. This initiative was specially organised by the LMPA Youth Council in Collaboration with the LMPA Men’s ministry as…

Becoming Instruments of Peace: Reflections on Love and Same Sex Attraction

It’s not about us and them, it’s about us! “He had a role to play in his brother not feeling welcome” was one participant’s observation based on what was shared in the online talk, Love and Same Sex Attraction,- https://youtu.be/qblsL2TqrHw?si=Jaf-jVrIHk0R6zE7 by Fr. Mike Schmitz, which was the focus of the meeting.   “So much time was spent not referencing same sex…

Called to Serve, Formed to Lead: Facilitator Training for Surviving Divorce

On Saturday, June 14, the Archdiocesan Family Life Commission (AFLC) returned to its original home at the Catholic Centre, Chaguanas, to host a training session for future facilitators of the Surviving Divorce programme, strengthening the Separated and Divorced Ministry of the Archdiocese. The day began with Lectio Divina on the Gospel reading, inviting participants to share reflections with someone new.…

Faith, Fun, and Family: A Day to Celebrate What Matters Most

Family Fun Day 2025 | Saturday 19th July | Presentation Grounds, Chaguanas On Saturday 19th July, 2025, the Presentation Grounds in Chaguanas will come alive with the sounds of laughter, playful competition, and joyful community as families from across the Archdiocese gather for Family Fun Day 2025 — a celebration of unity, togetherness, and the sacred gift of family life. From 8:00 AM, families…

Faith Over Fear: Bethesda Families Make Sacred Jubilee Journey

“This is my first Jubilee Pilgrimage and probably my only one.” That was the sentiment echoed throughout the day by several members of our Bethesda families who visited the sacred site at the Church of the Assumption, Maraval, on Thursday, April 24. For many of our families whose decisions range from therapy or pay rent, buy food or medication, the…

Patience, Perseverance, and Hope: Couples Reconnect in Christ at Lenten Retreat

On Saturday, 5th April 2025, couples gathered 8.30 am to 2.00 pm at the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, New Village, for a spiritually enriching Lenten retreat hosted by the St. Anthony’s Point Fortin’s Marriage Preparation Team. The retreat, themed “Patience Perseverance and Hope….Romans 5: 1-6”, invited couples to journey together while seeking renewal and reconnection during the Lenten season.…

Testimonials

“Our role as parents is to keep our family members close to God, keep praying. Our role is not to judge, it is to love.”

EnCourage Monthly Meeting

Another expressed relief that the Church is opening conversations on this reality, saying, “As a young, divorced Catholic, you often feel alone.”

Online Retreat for Separated and Divorced

“Today, we met as mental health professionals discussed the topics of sexual identity and suicide. It was a first step toward understanding how to better support and accompany people facing these challenges.”

Faith, Formation and Mental Health

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