marriage

The “distressing decline” in marriage rates, high rates of divorce, an “alarming” number of invalid marriages, and a “culture of materialism and careerism” are the reasons a marriage catechumenate is particularly needed in the US.

“Minnesota can help lessen the costs of family formation by nurturing the employment skills of young men and women without saddling them with the mountains of debt that create further roadblocks to family formation.”

Bishop Partick Neary blessed the marriages of couples that gathered with their families Feb. 25 for the second annual Honoring Marriage Day for the Latino community.

One of the Families First Projects’ foundational goals is to create an appropriate “policy ecosystem” that supports the creation of stable families and helps them flourish by making it easier to get married, stay married, have kids, raise kids in economically stable environments, and care for extended family.

Here is a collection of notable quotes from Pope Benedict XVI from homilies, documents, messages and speeches from 2005 to 2013, the years he served as pope.

Beginning Experience of Central MN hosts a weekend program for divorced, widowed or separated adults Oct. 14-16 at Luther Crest Bible Camp in Alexandria.

Pope Francis encouraged families to take up their calling “with renewed conviction” and urged them to make sure the love they share is “always open, directed outward, capable of ‘touching’ the weak and wounded, the frail in body and the frail in spirit, and all whom you meet along the way.”

Retrouvaille is a Christian peer ministry that teaches communication skills and offers a support community to couples experiencing pain and disappointment in their marriage.