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The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe

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The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe is a non-governmental organisation associating family associations in European countries, and is ensuring a political representation for family interests for those national family associations at EU institutions.

Their vision of family, their reflexions and their relation to the world is based on the social teaching of the Catholic Church: the member associations are not “associations of Catholic families”, but “Catholic family associations”, which means that those associations are formed by families (at the core of family associations) and their work is based on the Catholic Church’s Social and Family teaching.[1]

FAFCE is an umbrella organisation that serves as a European liaison platform for exchange of experiences of pastoral care of the family and family policy issues for its members. As a mediation’ instrument, the organisation ensure a link between citizens and European Union delegates. FAFCE comprises a network of 16 national associations.

History[edit]

After the fall of the Berlin wall, a platform gathering catholic family association from seven countries was found. In 1991 a common Charter and regulations were agreed upon and in 1994 the bylaws of an Association were signed. In 1997 the Association became the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE) and was registered in Strasbourg, France.
The Council of Europe recognized FAFCE as a non governmental organisation with participative status in 2001 and in 2002 FAFCE was granted the authorization to submit collective complaints within the framework of the European Social Charter.
In 2009 the Brussels’ office of FAFCE opened.
Over the years the number of member associations has grown, today FAFCE represents associations from all parts of Europe.

Successive Presidents[edit]

Since 1997, five presidents succeeded:

  • Jean-François Chaumont, CNAFC, France, 1997-2000
  • Christine von Stefenelli, KFS, Italy, 2000-2003
  • Johannes Fenz, KFÖ, Austria, 2003-2006
  • Elisabeth Bussmann, FDK, Germany, 2006-2009
  • Antoine Renard, CNAFC, France, depuis 2009

Vision[edit]

FAFCE’s vision of family includes the following statements:

“Family is the centre and starting point for the formation of human assets in society. (...)
Family as a community is the most important social entity where the gift of life is welcomed and accompanied until its natural end. (...)
Family is, as a general rule, the social space where children establish reliable relations, gain confidence and thus grow up to be independent persons. (...)
Children are the most important resource for our future. (...)
Parents invest a lot to offer their children the best chances for their development. (...)
Parents have the right to choose by themselves between gainful employment and family work. (...)
Parents and children live within an intergenerational community of reciprocal responsibility.”[2]

The vision is based on the social teaching of the Church as well as the Charter on the Rights of the Family and the Pope's publication Familiaris Consortio.[3] [4]

Actions[edit]

Actions of the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe focus on four main topics:

  • Family
  • Marriage
  • Family life and work life balance
  • Human dignity

FAFCE’s office in Brussels is in charge of following the activities in the institutions of the European Union and the Council of Europe.

References[edit]


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