Living the Joy of the Gospel Today Challenges to the Family and to the Consecrated Life

includes index and biblioraphy

Christian life: The joy of the Gospel challenges to the family and to the religious life............11 Christian vision of the family ...........21 Church and the family wellbeing............29 The family today : Emerging models........41 Family problems and family breakdowns............63 Faith formation in the family...........71 Who are we to judge Them ? A compassionate Ethics towards divorced and remarried couples........83 Changes in social consciousness.............97 Dowry system in India and the christian family............106 Pope Francis`s A-B-C for Consecrated life today ...........114 Religious vows in today`s world .....133 Religious life today: perspectives of a lay theologians ...............146 Consecrated life..................158 musing together: challenges and prospects of fraternity in religious life .............171 The consecrated and the Hierarchy ........186 Declining number of Vocations and challenges to religious life..............204 Church and education.............213 Always at the centre, but not at the front ........226 Universal call to sanctity............239