25 Mar Our founder, Father Henri Caffarel (1903–1996), has been declared Venerable
It is with great joy that we announce that Pope Leo XIV has authorised the recognition of the heroic virtues of the founder of Teams of Our Lady, Father Henri Caffarel, who has now been given the title Venerable. Teams of Our Lady was put under the patronage of Mary so that we as couples can follow her example of saying ‘Yes’ at God’s invitation. It’s a Yes or ‘Fiat’ that we celebrate this feast of the Annunciation.
Fr Henri Caffarel was a diocesan priest in Paris, ordained in 1930. He invited married couples to “journey together,” including himself, so that they might grow in their married spirituality. The movement was recognised as a Catholic association by the Vatican in 1975. Today, around 72,000 couples in 92 countries, supported by 10,000 priests and religious, are striving to grow closer to the Lord and to one another through the Teams way. Fr Caffarel also founded a religious fraternity for widows and died in 1996.
Henri Caffarel devoted his life to a radical conviction: marriage is not an obstacle to holiness, but a privileged path towards it. The Teams of Our Lady were born from that prophetic intuition, and today, decades later, they continue to be for thousands of couples a school of love, prayer and service.
To find out more about Teams contact us using Hello@TeamsGB.org.uk
See the full notice circulated to dioceses
See the Equipes-Notre-Dame website
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