Summary:

This article is dedicated to the legal and pastoral aspect of family pastoral visitation. Such visitation is an important and proven way for priests to get to know the faithful. The first part of the article presents the pastoral visitation as a canonical institution. The second part depicts the subject and the addressees of such visitations. The third, fourth and fifth part deals with the preparation of, the course and the end of family visitation.

Key words: pastoral visit of families, parish priests, Christ's faithful, parish, council