National Association of Catholic Families

The National Association of Catholic Families is a lay organisation that aims to offer mutual support for Roman Catholic families in maintaining a Catholic faith in "a culture which is now at war with our values".

The NACF is an attempt to bear witness to families, and it bases its work on a number of documents among them, Familiaris Consortio, The Holy See's Charter of the Rights of the Family and Evangelium Vitae.

Some of the activities include:

Family Days were families meet together at and a priest or a parent gives a talk on some aspect of Pope John Paul's teachings on the Family and activities for the children are organised. The days tend to be structured around a number of devotional aspects, such as a Prayer for Families said at the beginning of the event, a prayer of consecration to Mary at the end of the day and the presence of an Icon of the Holy Family. The days tend to be mainly social.

Enthronement. An encouragement for all member families to enthrone Mary as Queen of the family, to pray the rosary daily and to attend regular confession.

The NACF has branches in the United Kingdom (where it is based), Australia, the United States and India.

The NACF is primarily a social movement, although its loyalty to the Catholic Church's teachings and its focus on family values often leads to a more conservative political and religious outlook.

Websites

www.catholic-family.org

www.cfnews.org.uk