National Family and Life Week is taking place from May 7-14 reflecting on the theme of “Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another” (John 13:34). Below, Michelle Dabrowski, director of the Office for Family and Life at the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), discusses the importance of this week. Michelle and her husband live outside of Ottawa and delight in raising a three-year-old son with a little one on the way.

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This May, the Church is spotlighting the family. From May 7 to 14, National Family and Life Week will be celebrated in dioceses across Canada with the theme “Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another” (John 13:34). In the Diocese of Montreal, Ellen Roderick and her team are committed on a daily basis to the protection of life and the family as vocation. As National Family and Life Week approaches, we invite you to discover the mission behind the Diocesan Centre for Marriage, Life and the Family.

“Youth engagement is one of our core priorities,” says Ginette Côté, coordinator of Mond’Ami - also known as the Holy Childhood Association, part of Pontifical Mission Societies. “Across the country, many young persons and even children participate in and are involved within their communities, schools and parishes and we wish to offer them an opportunity to share their experiences with others.”