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february 2025

February Renew

February is the month of the Holy Family in the Catholic Church. The tradition began in the 17th century to encourage families to emulate the Holy Family in their daily lives.

In the words of His Holiness Pope Leo XIII, "Nothing truly can be more salutary or efficacious for Christian families to meditate upon than the example of this Holy Family, which embraces the perfection and completeness of all domestic virtues."

Hope in Our Family

Within the Jubilee year, we have been invited to reflect on our own family of origin. Pope Francis encourages us within his bull of indication SPES NON CONFUNDIT to practice a virtue closely linked to hope – patience. In this pilgrim journey, we also need to exercise patience personally as we yield to God’s grace in our interior and exterior transformation. Life has its joys and sorrows; love is tested amid trials and within our family we may have experienced this testing. As Catholic adults, fueled with Jubilee hope, we may be able to look back and understand the trials we experienced as children within our flawed human family. February grants a special opportunity to consecrate yourself and your family to the Holy Family in the hope of growing in greater holiness.

January was a time to reset – to pursue healthy eating, movement, prayer, and inspirational reading. February is going to be a time of renewal. One of the definitions of renewal is “the replacing or repair of something that is worn out, run-down or broken”.