Catholic Life Ministries

Dear Friends, once a year we ask you to discern if God is calling you to join in the work that we do. It is work that you believe in, and we do a pretty good job. Just yesterday we received letters from couples who attended a retreat we gave in Louisiana. Here’s some of what they wrote:

“We enjoyed the retreat so much. We learned so much, new things about each other, as well as getting to know the other couples that attended a little more…it was our first marriage retreat but definitely won’t be our last…renewing our vows was beautiful closure to the weekend…your wisdom, vulnerability and grace created a space where we could connect as a couple (I didn’t expect to enjoy myself, but I DID!).“

Through Catholic Life Ministries we do the following:

Þ Counseling couples, individuals, and families in a non-profit clinical practice that offers a sliding scale to make our services available to people of all income levels;

Þ Spiritual and faith formation for adults through retreats and Cenacle faith communities;

Þ Marriage enrichment and marriage preparation workshops;

Þ Advocacy for persons, the vulnerable and those living on the margins: migrants and asylum seekers, the unborn, and, following Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si, our planet;

Þ Essays on living the Christian life within the complexity of the 21st century (“thinking with the Church and helping the Church think”).

To support Catholic Life Ministries:

1. Make a donation online at https://www.catholiclifeministries.org/donate/ 

2. Make a check payable to CLM. Mail to CLM, 1827 NE 58th St, #B, Seattle, WA 98105.

3. Commit to praying for the Fontanas and CLM. Let us know you’ll pray for us! Email us at  Robert@catholiclifeministries.org. Send us your prayer requests which we remember every Thursday. Our special prayer for each of you is below:

“O loving God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we commend to you this day our love and service. We pray also, that in the providence of our every day life, we may be mindful of the poor and spiritually abandoned, those who do not know your love or the love of their neighbor. Be with and bless the community and mission of Catholic Life Ministries. Make CLM an instrument for drawing the busy and the bored, those in and out of church, into the love and communion of the Trinity. We ask this in the name of Jesus and through the intercession of St. Mary and St. Joseph and all the saints. Amen!”