The Apostolate for Family Consecration is an International Catholic Lay Movement founded by Jerry and Gwen Coniker in 1975 and was approved that same year by ecclesiastical authority in the Church. On June 15, 2007, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, the Apostolate for Family Consecration received International Pontifical Status.Mission: Our mission is to help families grow in holiness and to teach them the easiest, shortest and safest path to Holiness through family consecration to Jesus, through Mary, in union with St. Joseph.Motto & Spirituality: The spirituality of the Apostolate for Family Consecration focuses on reparation through the faithful fulfillment of the responsibility of each present moment, "All for the Sacred and Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, all through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, all in union with St. Joseph."