Questions About Couples
Posted by Danielle Bean in Marriage on Thursday, April 15, 2010
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Struggling in your marriage? Have some relationship advice to share? Have a marriage success story to share? Have a man/woman question? This weekly thread is the place to do it.
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Bridging the Gender Gap
Posted by Danielle Bean in Marriage on Monday, January 04, 2010
Fathers for Good, an encouraging website for Catholic dads sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, has teamed up with some Faith & Family folks to support healthy marriages.
Faith & Family staff writer Tim Drake and I have been writing a series of columns there on the topic of Catholic marriage. The latest is one that I wrote about Epiphany, but all the past columns are archived there for browsing. You’ll want to watch this space as future topics include advice for the “hard cases”, what to do when your spouse won’t change, and other food for thought for modern marriages.
While you’re over there, take a moment to check out their podcasts and the video clip of Fathers For Good‘s recent appearance on EWTN. Awesome stuff!
Spelling on Autopilot
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Friday, December 04, 2009
My husband and I got the chance to go out to dinner alone together this evening, a rare treat that we appreciate very much.
The couple at the next table over had their baby with them, and he was very cute. I admired him from a distance. But as Bryan and I enjoyed drinks and chatted over the bread basket, not even a little part of me wished we had our own baby with us. He would’ve been squirming in... READ MORE
Know Your Spouse…
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Marriage on Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Over the past few days I’ve been clicking like crazy doing Christmas shopping.
Because gift-giving is one of the love languages, the process of buying gifts for my loved ones has me thinking about the languages.
Are you familiar with the concept of the love languages? I read about it in The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. I certainly don’t believe there’s a one-size-fits-all path to marital bliss,... READ MORE
Love & Marriage
Posted by Danielle Bean in Marriage on Thursday, November 05, 2009
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Struggling in your marriage? Have some relationship advice to share? Have a marriage success story to share? Have a man/woman question? This weekly thread is the place to do it.
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Not on the Same Page
Posted by Sara Fox Peterson in Marriage on Monday, October 05, 2009
Ideally a Catholic’s obligation never to use contraception or be sterilized would be something discussed, understood and agreed upon before the couple was married—while there was still time to call off the wedding if it became obvious that remaining faithful to Church teaching and marrying this particular person would be incompatible.
It often happens, however, that people marry and one experiences... READ MORE
A Free and Total Gift of Self
Posted by Sara Fox Peterson in Marriage on Thursday, October 01, 2009
Over the centuries the Church has had rather a lot to say about the meaning and purpose of marriage and sexuality. Pope John Paul II alone wrote over 2000 pages on the subject. In some ways it is an amost infinitely complex subject because marriage is, as St. Paul tells us, “a great mystery” (Eph 5:32), but the basic Catholic understanding of marriage and the marital act (sexual intercourse) is beautiful,... READ MORE
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