CFM founder Crowley dies.CHICAGO -- The founder of the Christian Family Movement, Patricia Crowley, died in November at 92. Crowley and her late husband, Patrick, began the movement in their living room, which eventually included 125,000 married couples in 26 countries. Based on the "observe-judge-act" method of social action, "CFM (Cubic Feet per Minute) The measurement of air flow. Cooling fans are rated in CFM. changed the way so many people came to think about themselves and the role of marriage as a force for change in the world," Jane Leingang, current codirector of CFM, told the National Catholic Reporter. The Crowleys were one of only three married couples invited by Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI (Latin: Paulus PP. VI; Italian: Paolo VI), born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978), reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 1963 to 1978. to be on the 1964 Papal Birth Control Commission. Despite the commission's near-unanimous decision to lift the ban, Paul VI Paul VI, 1897–1978, pope (1963–78), an Italian (b. Concesio, near Brescia) named Giovanni Battista Montini; successor of John XXIII. Prepapal Career The son of a prominent newspaper editor, he was ordained in 1920. reinforced it in Humanae Vitae Humanae Vitae (Latin "Of Human Life") is an encyclical written by Pope Paul VI and promulgated on July 25, 1968. Subtitled "On the Regulation of Birth", it re-affirms the traditional teaching of the Roman Catholic Church regarding abortion, contraception, and other issues . Crowley also received the U.S. Catholic Award in 1982. |
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