Marriage and Family Life
Prophet VicariateThe Diocesan Office for Marriage and Family Life
Marriage and family Life forms part of the Prophet Vicariate and serves the Bishop in promoting Marriage and Family Life (MFL) ministry in the Diocese, and encouraging development of the MFL ministry in parishes and pastoral areas.
Who We Are
Our Contact details
Mrs Sam Canning – Chair of the MFL Commission/Co-ordinator
Lewis Canning – Secretary
Joanna Hale
Paul Hale
Nigel Stokes
Rose Stokes
our main responsibilities
The three main areas where we provide guidance and signpost resources for Clergy, parishes and pastoral area MFL teams are:
- Marriage Preperation
- Living The Vocation
- Family Life Resources
The Commission consists of a small team of volunteers who support Marriage and Family Life Ministry in our Diocese providing advice and support to parishes /pastoral areas, MFL resource recommendations and organising the Diocesan annual celebration of married life Mass. We also provide a diocesan link to the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of England and Wales Evangelisation team for Marriage and Family. We would welcome others joinung us – if you would like to do so please Sam on mfl@northamptondiocese.org