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Catholic Family Life Insurance was founded in the State of Wisconsin in 1868 by the Most Rev. John Martin Henni, first Archbishop of Milwaukee. In August 1868, he gathered 21 men from a variety of occupations and they established The Family Protective Association. [3] The new organization was officially incorporated in March, 1869.
More recently, CFM participated in the Pontifical Council for the Family in 2009 and the Marriage Summit of Catholic Family Life Organizations, which was organized by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2012. [17] CFM leaders participated in preparation sessions for lay movements at the Synod on the Family in Rome in 2015. [citation needed]
Although the mutual functions of the organization were folded into Catholic Family Life, a handful of chapters remained active in some form as recently as 2019. In New Britain, Connecticut there is the Societé St. Jean Baptiste, Inc., which continues to maintain a social club with a bar and billiard tables, open to all nationalities. [8]
[1] [2] A Catholic priest and the son of a peasant farmer, Manyanet founded the congregation out of his great concern for children and family life. [3] He believed that Catholic education comprised the "most suitable, simple, and practical means of reforming the family and society with it", and that the Holy Family was the exemplary model for ...
The Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life is a dicastery of the Roman Curia. Pope Francis announced its creation on 15 August 2016, effective 1 September 2016. It took over the functions and responsibilities of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and the Pontifical Council for the Family. It has responsibility "for the promotion of the life ...
Today, the Apostolate operates Catholic Familyland, a 950-acre (3.8 km 2) Catholic resort and retreat center in eastern Ohio. It offers several catechetical and educational programs for families and parishes. [9] It has also published a two-volume Apostolate's Family Catechism, which was approved by the American Catholic bishops. [citation needed]
The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) was co-founded by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) and the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus. Its "mission is to build a culture of life and a civilization of love by promoting respect for human life and dignity and the essential role of the family."
Incorporated in March 1869. Claims to be the oldest Catholic fraternal order, the first to adopt the legal reserve system, first to insure women and children, and first to provide Masses for living and deceased members. Changed name to Catholic Family Life Insurance in 1949. [33]