Hi!

I'm so overjoyed to be able to serve at the Apostolate for Family Consecration this summer!! I have always wanted to serve there but never felt called. Finally, through much prayer and discernment, I felt that this was the summer and applied. I am so blessed to have been accepted and have the opportunity to give back to the place which has helped formed me so much in my spiritual life. I know that God will use me as His instrument to serve all the families that will attend the Holy Family Fests!

A little background to the Apostolate's mission and what I'll be doing:

The Apostolate for Family Consecration (AFC) is a non-profit ministry to families in Bloomingdale, Ohio. Our mission is to support and challenge Catholic families to grow in holiness, grow in truth, and grow together, so they can be fully alive in Christ. Through our summer Holy Family Fests ® we lead families to an encounter with Jesus and encourage them in their journey of faith.  

Without a doubt, society is attacking the family now more than ever. It is crucial that the family is built up in Christ for, "as the family goes, so does the nation, and so does the whole world in which we live” (Pope St John Paul II).  

Our Alumni Corps missionaries make our Holy Family Fests possible through their entire summer of service towards the AFC's mission. During this time they will have the opportunity to serve more than 800 families (over 5,600 people) at our seven Holy Family Fests ®. They will work in hospitality, food service, custodial, youth and young adult ministry, children’s programming, facilities management, liturgical ministry, music ministry and a host of other responsibilities. Any funds donated towards the Alumni Corps help cover the basic costs of hosting missionaries at the AFC, such as food, housing, and clothing.   

Your generous gift will off-set these costs to the Apostolate and will help the missionaries bless families not only this summer, but for years to come as the funds are used to promote family consecration, the message of Our Lady of Fatima and the pro-life, pro-family and pro-marriage spirituality of Pope St. John Paul II. Please click on the button to donate, and share our campaign on social media. Let's build up the Kingdom of Christ!