5379 Portage Street (Rt. 53)           E-mail: familylife@dioceseaj.org
Lilly, PA 15938                                 814-886-5551; FAX: 814-886-7697                                   
Director: Mrs. Susan Stith              Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30-4:00

We serve families and parishes in the entire Altoona-Johnstown diocese: Bedford, Blair, Cambria,
Centre, Clinton, Fulton, Huntingdon, and Somerset.

2013 Year of Faith Calendar! 
Bulk orders (with parish/organization/sponsor ads) are now being taken.
Click here to view sample page and order form.

Scheduled Programs  (Register through the Family Life Office unless otherwise noted).

WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER
A weekend experience to turn a good marriage into a great one!
Click here to read about one couple's experience of attending a Marriage Encounter Weekend. Weekend schedule for April 13-15 at Toftrees Restort, State College, Fri. 8 PM to Sun. 4 PM.
COMMUTER Marriage Encounter-"Rediscover the One You Love"  Sat. June 30-8 am-10 pm & Sun. July 1-7:30 am-4:15 pm at the Family Life Office in Lilly. "Get away" but sleep at home! A respite from jobs, kids, chores, computers, and phones to focus only on each other.  If you'd like greater depth, growth and enrichment in your relationship, don't miss this chance.  
To register for the weekend or commuter weekend, contact JudyShock@aol.com - (412) 635-7775 or wwme-pittsburgh.org.

 Your Annual Catholic Appeal dollars at work!

Free RESOURCE LIBRARY
   -Books, periodicals, numerous video and audio tapes
   -Can be sent via mail
Free SPEAKERS BUREAU
   -For parishes and Catholic organizations anywhere in the diocese
   -"Family Table-Parish Altar" demonstration
   -Topics of your choice relating to family
Free PARISH CONSULTATION
For: parish staffs, parish councils, family life committees, teachers, catechists, Home-School groups, parish committees, Catholic organizations
   -Making what you already do family-friendly
   -Practical ideas for involving parents more fully in their children's religious formation
   -Supporting marriage, discouraging divorce
   -Helping your parish grow holier families
   -Ideas for Family Life Committees

Family RESOURCES for Home and Parish  ~ ORDER FORM 

• Thanksgiving, Advent and Christmas Booklet
• Lent and Easter Booklet
• Ordinary Times Booklet
• Grief Booklet
• "Getting Married" Booklet
• 2013 Family Life Calendar
• Baby's First Year Calendar
• Parent Mailings "Passing on the Faith" - Baby's First Year
• Parent Mailings "Passing on the Faith" - Ages 1 to 4
• Parish Committees Family Life Handbook
• Church Bulletin Supplement with Family Information "The Collection Basket"

Serving Families throughout the Life Cycle:
Click on any of these topic areas to find information, resources, and helpful links.

    Life Cycle:

• Vocations
• Single Life
• Ordained/Consecrated Life
• The Sacrament of Marriage
• Natural Family Planning 
• Parental Blessing of the Engaged Couple
• Marriage Preparation
• Cohabitation: Is it Good for a Relationship?
• Parenting
• Stepfamilies
• Internet Safety Resources
• Retirement
• Aging

    Special Situations:

• Abortion: Healing (Project Rachel)
• Abusive Relationships
• Addictions
• Adoption and Crisis Pregnancy
• Annulment Process
• Bereavement
• Care-Giving
• Disabilities 
• Infertility 
• Military
• Mourning a Miscarried Child 
• Pornography
• Prenatal testing and diagnoses
• Separation/Divorce
• Suicide

~Diocesan member  National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers