Celebrate the joy of love this Valentine's Day
Pope Francis invites us to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day! In his document on The Joy of Love (Amoris Laetitia), Pope Francis refers directly to Saint Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to make the most of traditional religious practices, invite couples to grow in love and help their children to prepare for their future married life. This is why, as part of the preparations for World Meeting of Families in Ireland in August 2018, we invite you to mark this St. Valentine’s Day in a special way.
The WMOF2018 Office has prepared flyers with ideas on how to mark this special day and gift tokens that you can give to your loved ones. These can be downloaded from the WMOF2018 website.
The tokens include:
- A technology-free evening to do an activity of your choice
- Set aside time for prayer
- Go for a hand-in-hand walk together
- A special dinner cooked by me
- Loads of tender hugs
- A journey down memory lane: take time to remember how we met and have grown together
We also invite you to subscribe to the WMOF2018 newsletter to receive the latest updates on preparations for World Meeting of Families 2018 by email.