Canadian Catholic News: Catholic marriage ideal depends on personal witness, says moral theologian
Canadian Catholic News
12/14/2006, by Deborah Gyapong
OTTAWA, Canada (CCN) – The spreading the ideal of Catholic marriage depends on the personal witness of loving couples more than any arguments in a national debate on same-sex marriage, said a moral theologian. Most decisions and behavior changes are influenced by people with whom we have personal ...
The Catholic Register: Study raises questions about interfaith marriage becoming threat to religion
The Catholic Register
12/3/2006, by Michael Swan
TORONTO, Canada (The Catholic Register) – Is marriage becoming a threat to religion? As more Canadians marry outside of their faith, religious leaders are starting to worry about how the children of interfaith marriages will ever gain a religious identity. A Statistics Canada study of ...
Wedding scrapbooks: Capturing more than a moment
Catholic News Service
11/16/2006, by Cori Fugere Urban
(CNS) - Jane DeBlasio had been making scrapbooks for a couple of years when she got married in 2003, so it wasn't surprising that by the time of her first anniversary she had created three wedding scrapbooks – one devoted to the preparations, one to the Vermont ceremony and one to the ...
Marriage preparation for couples becoming stepparents
Catholic News Service
10/20/2006, by Andrew Lyke Jr.
(CNS)- Marriage in the church requires preparation that addresses family life's complexities. Sometimes that means addressing the needs of couples who, upon marrying, will become stepparents. These may include widows and widowers, people whose earlier marriage was annulled and single parents ...
Dealing with the early conflict areas in marriage
Catholic News Service
9/27/2006, by Julie Asher
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNS) - - - What are the greatest concerns of couples in marriage's first five years? “Time, sex and money,” couples responded in a national study conducted by the Center for Marriage and Family at Jesuit-run Creighton University in Omaha, Neb.
The nation’s high divorce rate ...
The couple that prays together: These steps can enrich your prayer life and your marriage
Catholic Digest
9/19/2006, by Julie McCarty
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Catholic Digest) - As newlyweds, my husband Terry and I faced the challenge of deciding which traditions from each side of the family we would continue. When planning a vacation, we had to decide if we would go camping, like my family, or stay at motels, like Terry’s ...
Fill your home with love!
Catholic Digest
8/30/2006, by Val Farmer
(Catholic Digest) – What is love? It’s an overpowering feeling, an intensely romantic high, an unbounded desire for the presence of the loved one. Right? Not exactly.
Love is not only a feeling, love is action. It is a consistent choice to put a loved one’s well-being and happiness ahead of our ...
How can newlyweds become homeowners?
Catholic News Service
8/3/2006, by Mary Anne Zapor
Washington, D.C. (CNS) - Get married, buy a home, settle down and raise children. So goes the American dream. Approximately 2.3 million couples get married annually in the United States. Many start thinking about purchasing a home within a year or two.
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that in ...
Couples turn to Web for marriage prep
The Catholic Register
7/31/2006, by Sara Loftson
MARKHAM, Ont. (The Catholic Register) – A new Internet-based company here is helping couples prepare to wed in the Catholic Church. Catholicbrides.com allows couples to create their own wedding programs using online templates to insert Scripture readings, psalms, prayers, blessings and vows. ...
Why does the church take marriage so seriously?
Catholic News Service
7/19/2006, by Father Daniel Kendall, SJ
(Catholic News Service) - Catholics understand Christian marriage as a lifelong partnership between a baptized man and woman lived in the context of the church community. This union forms the basic unit of both church and civil society. Since its earliest days, Christianity has used the metaphor of ...
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