Building Happy Healthy
Holy Families in Goa
About Us
The aims and goals of Diocesan Family Service Centre include upholding steadfastly the institution of Marriage, fostering the security and welfare of family life and responsible parenthood. To develop in people a proper understanding of human sexuality and genuine love in marriage; advance and defuse the knowledge of Natural Methods of Family planning on healthy, moral and scientific lines with a view to regulate the transmission of human life. To preserve and advance the best values of Indian family life. To promote family life education at all stages of life. As well as to co-operate with all men of goodwill, regardless of caste, class and creed with a view to promote the true goals of the family as the primary cell of society and so advance the welfare of the Nation.
“Hope Does Not Disappoint Us” (Rom 5:5)
The Diocesan Pastoral Letter this year, reflects on the theme, “Hope Does Not Disappoint Us” (Rom 5:5). It deeply connects hope with the family, which late Pope Francis calls the “factory of hope” . The letter explores how families, divinely instituted in Genesis, are meant to be environments where love and support foster hope, even amidst significant modern challenges. The letter addresses the “crushing pace” of life, the rise of “false gods,” and “wounds” like addictions and fractured relationships that threaten family unity . Despite these difficulties, it emphasizes that hope is an action, not just a feeling, and introduces practical initiatives such as the Jubilee of Families Day, marriage enrichment programmes and parish family service cells to revive and strengthen hope within families
