Focus on the Family

For the next 5 years (2007-2011), the Archdiocese of Kuching will be garnering its resources and energies on a pastoral programme called "Focus on the Family", in which Catholic families will be given special attention and emphasis in the life and ministry of the Roman Catholic Church. Part of the programme includes the following prayer, which is recited every weekend at St Ann:

O God, in the Holy Family, you left us a perfect model of family life, lived in faith and obedience to your will. We thank you for our family. Give us the strength to remain united in love, generosity and the joy of living together. Help us in our mission of transmitting the faith that we received from our parents. Open the hearts of our children so that the seed of faith, which they received in baptism, will grow in them. Strengthen the faith of our young people, so they might grow in knowledge of Jesus. Increase love and faithfulness in all marriages, especially those going through times of suffering or difficulty, and shed your grace and blessing on all families worldwide. United with Joseph and Mary, we ask this through Jesus Christ your Son, Our Lord. Amen.