Marriage & Family Sunday Mass & Marriage as Mission Forum

Marriage and Family Sunday – 2 June 2019

Calling all married couples! Join us to be inspired, share your ideas and hear about ministries designed to support engaged and married couples.

Renewal of Marriage Vows
 St Christopher’s Cathedral Manuka
11 am Mass

Lunch & Marriage Expo
St Christopher’s Pastoral Centre, Manuka
12.00 – 1:00pm

Marriage as Mission Forum + Afternoon Tea
St Christopher’s Pastoral Centre, Manuka
1.00 – 3:00pm

Come to all or some of the day.

Register your interest below or contact lara.kirk@cg.org.au 0429 192 869 for more information.


  • Learn about Pope Francis’ vision for the accompaniment of married couples
  • Contribute their ideas about how we as a Church can better support marriages
  • Hear about ways to get involved in ministries already supporting marriages in this Archdiocese
  • Network with and feel supported by other Catholic couples from across the Archdiocese

New forms of witness needed
to promote marriage

Pope Francis’ advice in Amoris Laetitia: “There is no sense in simply decrying present-day evils, as if this could change things…What we need is a more responsible and generous effort to present the reasons and motivations for choosing marriage and the family” (AL 35-36).
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Marriage numbers declining

View the report on number of couples marrying in Australian dioceses over the last 10 years >> Read more