2013: A Year of Family and Faith

December 30, 2012
To: The Clergy, Religious and Laity of the Archdiocese of New Orleans

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
    Our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, at the recent Synod in Rome, repeated his call for a Year of Faith and a focus on the New Evangelization. The concluding statement from the Synod emphasized “the essential role of the family in the transmission of the faith” and stated that a new evangelization is unthinkable without acknowledging a special responsibility for families.