Human Relationship = Grace
Integral growth of human person depends on human relationships. Family is a web of various human relationships. Among them, as psychology shows, most important are the husband-wife and parent-child relationships. They are most important because they are potentially very intimate, proximate, reciprocal, dynamic, life-giving, influencing, interdependent, etc. Constantly nourishing these relationships will help human person to realize his/her potentials integrally. Hence we hold the Christian vision that family is a fundamental channel of God's grace, i.e. loving relationship is grace. We strongly believe that this is the meaning of what the Creator did, "It is not good for the man to be alone, I will make a suitable partner for him" (Gen.1:18). And this is what the first man experienced at the first human relationship, "This one, at last, is bone of my bonds and flesh of my flesh" (Gen. 2:23).

To Nurture Consciously and Constantly Family Relationships
In order to become channels of grace, family relationships need to be nurtured consciously and constantly. The nurturing includes both the weeding out of harmful behavior patterns and the cultivation of the healthy ones. Through systematic and integral approach, we help people to explore new horizons of their family relationships. We inspire, motivate, encourage, guide and train them to keep the equilibrium of family relationships through workshops, meditation, spiritual retreats, sacramental celebration, counseling, lectures, discussions, publications, audio & video programme, etc.

     The family is a community of persons and a web of human relationships: of husband and wife, of parents and children, of relatives. One of the fundamental and beautiful gifts that God has given to human person is the family. In His plan of the family, from birth to death human person is surrounded by a group of loving persons. He/she is born to the parents who are not chosen by him/her, but wait for him/her. With marriage, he/she is supported by the life-partner. And in the old age, the children take care of him/her. Hence the family is capable of safeguarding the person from alienation, self-centeredness, meaninglessness, etc. This ongoing support of a group of people in the life of human person might be the reason why family should be regarded at the centre of a "civilization of love."

     In order to realize the God-given potentials of the family, the relationships should be guided by the virtue of love. As Pope John Paul II reminds us, the power of the family is love. "Without love the family is not a community of persons and, in the same way, without love the family cannot live, grow and perfect itself as a community of persons" (Familiaris Consortio, 18). If love is the power of the family as a communion of persons, God, who is the Trinity and love, is the centre of the family. Every moment when family members engage in the loving acts of care, respect, trust, forgiveness, encouragement, sharing, etc., they abide in God. Every loving act is an invitation to come closer to God. Nourish your family relationships in such a way that you grow in God day by day.

May God bless you and your family today and tomorrow!

Major Archbishop Mar George Alencherry

This website is the result of our ardent desire to accompany the family with a helping hand. We believe that as a part of the communion of the Church founded by Jesus Christ it is our duty to nourish our people to nurture constantly their family relationships. In this digital era, a website like this might be of great help in this regard. This site is furnished in such a way that you get a clear Christian vision about marriage and the family. We also provide certain tools to make you capable of living according to the vision. In order to renew your marriage and/or family relationships, you may either write to us, or visit our library for inspiring thoughts, or register to attend our special services for you. We are very much pleased to serve your marriage and family relationships. Let you and your family members smile through us!

Fr. Dr. Augustine Kallely