Media Release

Mangaluru, Sep 7: ‘BELOVED 2019’, a young couples conference open for both CFCI and non-CFCI couples was organized on September 1 by Couples for Christ India (CFCI), in association with The Diocesan Family Life Service Centre, Bajjodi at the Most Holy Redeemer Church’s Golden Jubilee Hall. The conference was focused on providing an understanding of the necessary tools to build our marriage and the four essential pillars in making a great marriage.

The conference was inaugurated by Fr Anil D’souza, director of The Diocesan Family Life Centre, and the spiritual director for CFCI along with the event heads. In his inaugural speech, he welcomed the participants by saying ‘Many are called but few are chosen’ and telling them that they were chosen by God to be here and hence they should apply everything they learn to make their marriage fruitful.

The conference helped the participants understand that it was God who designed marriage and He has a concrete plan in place for every couple.

The conference ended with an introduction to CFCI to the non-community members and a praise fest. The children of the participants too enjoyed their day with sessions, action songs and activities at the same venue where a parallel programme was organized for them by the youth and singles of the community.

Couples for Christ India (CFCI), a Catholic movement that works for the renewal of families in India organizes a variety of programs every year that attract from between 50 to 3,000 participants. These programs are offered for the welfare of families, couples, youth and children and are instrumental in imparting various skills to the participants besides motivating them to be instruments of change in society.

Couples for Christ India is an affiliate of CFC-FFL, a private association approved by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Philippines. In India, it operates under the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of India Family Commission, and in each diocese, under the family commissions at respective dioceses.