World Meeting of Families 2015
Video shows major World Meeting of Families event
Watch a video of the Mass during which Archbishop Chaput unveiled the iconic image and official prayer for the 2015 World Meeting of Families Sept. 7 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.
Today’s teaching on the family
See the daily excerpt from the preparatory catechesis for the 2015 World Meeting of Families, “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive.”
Today’s teaching on the family
See the daily excerpt from the preparatory catechesis for the 2015 World Meeting of Families, “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive.”
Excitement for World Meeting of Families builds at cathedral
See a photo gallery on the Mass and events led by Archbishop Chaput unveiling the sacred art and official prayer for the events coming next year.
Prayer for the World Meeting of Families
Pray the official prayer for families each day leading up to the meeting in September 2015.
Families’ meeting coming alive with sacred image and prayer
With the 2015 World Meeting of Families a little more than a year away, Archbishop Chaput heightened the excitement Sunday by unveiling a special painting and official prayer for the meeting, and sending 30 people to drum up support in parishes.
Icon and prayer for families to be unveiled Sunday at cathedral
Everyone is invited to view a new painting commissioned for the 2015 World Meeting of Families and pray a special prayer for the event at a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Charles Chaput Sept. 7 at 6: 30 p.m. at the cathedral.
Archbishop Chaput says pope will visit Philadelphia in September 2015
"Pope Francis has told me that he is coming" to the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year, Archbishop Charles Chaput said July 24, even though the Philadelphia Archdiocese still has not received official confirmation from the Vatican.
Archbishop names patron saints for World Meeting of Families
St. John Paul II and St. Gianna are the patron saints for the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year, Archbishop Charles Chaput announced during the Sunday evening Mass July 20 at the cathedral.
Congress fleshes out thinking on Theology of the Body
More than 700 people from around the country learned about Pope St. John Paul II’s teaching on the beauty of the divinely created human person. Popular speakers included an official with the Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Family, sponsor of next year's World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia.