Family Institute
VISION
Joyful, loving families, where all members strive to actualize and reach their full potential as true children of God and responsible global citizens.
MISSION
- Guided by the Spirit of Christ and the vision of Fr. Patrick Peyton - the founder of Holy Cross Family Ministries, we strive
- To establish and promote harmony within families.
- By enabling and empowering Asian families to become witnesses of Gospel values who respond responsibly to the challenges of the modern world.
- Through a trained team of pastoral agents, educators and institutions to assist individuals and families to grow and also fulfill our vision.
- And to counter the negative forces of violence, exploitation, neglect and abuse.
OBJECTIVES
- To make available qualified and competent personnel to deliver counseling services for individuals, couples and the family as a whole to victims of addictions, abuse and violence and to families/individuals who seek relationship-counseling.
- Provide assistance to victims of violence, neglect, exploitation and abuse and help them to get justice, healing and appropriate rehabilitation.
- Train and empower competent resource persons, who will in turn train families/couples.
- Train and accompany teams of lay collaborators to reach out to needy families/marriages.
- Offer assistance in reaching a healthy work-life balance.
- Become a catalyst in assisting the families both to form value-based ideals and priorities and to acquire necessary skills to achieve them.
STRATEGIES
- Create awareness within families and among the wider public regarding violence against women/children within and outside families, neglect, exploitation and abuse, and educate them about ways of preventing/dealing with such problems.
- Network with Church authorities at various levels and various social institutions to introduce programmes on marriage and family.
- Engage with Corporates , Parishes, other Church related networks and educational institutions to promote programs and conduct research on family issues.
- Work with youth and youth organizations to cultivate values and relationships for promoting healthy families
- Offer retreats, seminars, courses and spiritual guidance to couples, youth, children and families.
- Develop educational and training resources for training of educators, pastoral agents, lay collaborators and families.
- Prepare documentaries and course-material on marriage and family for use in workshops, retreats, training programs, etc.
- Prepare and maintain documentation and an extensive library on family and marriage.
- Organize and conduct scientific research on issues relevant to the well-being of the family.
- Publish books and magazines/journals that deal with issues relevant to the well-being of the family.
- Use existing educational and social institutions to reach out to the families of children and staff in these institutions.
- Organize and conduct well-defined and professionally managed residential courses for pastoral agents who intend to become effective in working with families. We will strive to obtain a valid university certificate for the courses.
- Organize and conduct competitions among students and youth to create awareness about issues that are relevant to the well-being of the family.
- Organize/conduct workshops for various age groups to inculcate in them respect for women in the family and in the society.
- Offer professional counseling, and if needed immediate legal assistance and/or referrals, to victims of domestic violence, especially women and children.
- Organize and conduct workshops/sessions for the youth in order to cultivate in them values and attitudes that enable responsible and meaningful relationships.