The practices of faith are learned in the home and in the parish community.
The family is the Christian community in which children first experience faith and love. God is experienced in the family's relationships. 

By giving witness to the Gospel, living communal charity, and actively celebrating the mysteries of Christ, the Christian community is an excellent school of Christian and liturgical formation for the children who live in it.

Through the ministry of Family Catechesis the Church seeks to facilitate the process of ongoing faith development that happens formally and informally within the family system by drawing upon the gifts and faith experiences of all family members. The memebers of Family Catechesis walks together, family to family, as they explore the Catholic Faith, experience ongoing conversion of heart, celebrate faith through the liturgical and sacramental life, and live daily a life of peace, charity and justice.