Office for Life & Family | Catholic Church of Philadelphia

The Office for Life & Family provides a comprehensive understanding of human nature, the person, marriage, and family, faithful to the Church’s magisterium. This office supports the Catholic Church in Philadelphia and its members in their efforts to grow in holiness in a culture which increasingly questions and lives at a distance from the Church’s vision of nature, marriage, family, biotechnology and ethics. This is reflected in the particular resources provided, the advocacy engaged upon, and in the ministries coordinated, supervised, and cooperated with, each of which present a beautiful unity of theory and pastoral practice. Our office is responsible for the supervision and oversight of all ministries in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia that serve the causes of life, dignity, marriage and family including: