A hand-painted icon of Sts. Anne and Joachim accompanied nearly 100 marriage formation leaders during a June 26-28 conference, where they explored new ways, namely a catechumenal model, to form men and women for their vocation to marriage.
Father Patrick Briscoe shares a story about a recent wedding he helped celebrate. The bride and groom are a young couple clearly in love who chose the details of the Mass beautifully. Father Patrick writes: “But the thing I loved best was
Mother's Day is upon us once more. The yearly celebration is marked by bouquets of strangled dandelions held closely by chubby little fists, colorful cards of crayon and construction paper, singing your praises as the best pancake maker and storyteller in the
“Anyone with eyes can see that something is off,” said Harrison Butker, addressing the crowds gathered for commencement at his alma mater, Georgia Institute of Technology. “It would seem the more connected people are to one another, the more they feel alone,”
An English translation of St. John Paul II's "rule" for married couples is now available to the general public -- for the very first time. "St. John Paul II's Rule gives spouses the key to unlock how to authentically live out their
INDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) — As Gabriela Ross became more involved in marriage preparation ministry, she noticed a coincidence — about divorce. “I see in my marriage preparation ministry how divorce affects a person’s choice to embrace the vocation of marriage, and how
(OSV News) — Among Catholics, the sacrament of matrimony is in freefall. Over 50 years between 1969 and 2019, Catholic marriages declined 69% even as the Catholic population increased by nearly 20 million, according to Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in
Catholics and people worldwide associate St. Valentine’s feast day on Feb. 14 with love and romance. In her most recent article, Katie Yoder, contributing editor for Our Sunday Visitor, shares five married couples who are saints today because they lived out a
(OSV News) Even before my husband and I were engaged, we both looked forward to marriage preparation within the Church. For context, my husband and I both come from strong Catholic families and were both grounded in Catholic education. By the time
Marriage is also "an extraordinary good, a good of extraordinary value for everyone: for the spouses themselves, for their children, for all families with whom they form relationships, for the entire church, for all of humanity," the pope told members of the