reflexion

Speaking to the women at a recent CANA Family week, Gilles BELIN, a father, introduced some lines of thought on fatherhood and its secrets. The paternal bond is based on the conjugal bond: it takes a man and a woman to make a father!

While in many countries mothers are honoured on “Mother’s Day”, here are some aspects of motherhood discussed at a CANA Family session. Being a mother today? An adventure both at the personal level and for the couple with its joys and pitfalls. But first of all, motherhood is good news for the world that needs it so much!

Parents of teenagers, who doesn't tear their hair out watching their child prostrate on his bed watching his small screen for hours? What can we do? How to educate our children to freedom and find support?

Relationships between women and men have changed profoundly in the Western world. How does the CANA Mission is addressing the transformation of the relationships between sexes? FOI, the Chemin Neuf Community magazine, asked Markus & Natalie WEIS, members of CANA International Team and former CANA leaders in Germany to give their own point of view. In turn, Justine & Jan answer this question in their own life.

How can we prepare for the coming of the Lord during Advent? How can we live our Christian hope as a couple, as a family, even when times are difficult?

Escaping the hectic pace of Advent is not easy. Saint Ignatius has some tips on how we can indulge our longing for silence, retreat and prayer....

Pornography, an opportunity to talk about the paradox of sexuality? This was the challenge that Catherine DENIS faced during a conference on the exposure to pornography of children and young people.

At the CANA International Meeting (Rome, June 2022), Archbishop MORANDI commented on the most innovative document of the Second Vatican Council, the Constitution Dei Verbum. He concluded with comments on Amoris Laetitia.

In the digital age, is it possible to invite Christ into our homes? CANA's experience is shared before 2500 delegates of family ministry from all over the world, in Rome at the 10th World Meeting of Families.

For its many readers, the Italian daily "Avvenire" asked CANA eight key questions. Published on the eve of the World Meeting of Families in Rome (June 19), here is what CANA has answered.