Secular Press Suggests Time is Ripe to Rediscover, Promote NFP
The For Your Marriage website welcomes Emily Macke, our new writer for the “Marriage in the News” column. She will be writing every other week on topics related to marriage (relationships, sexuality,...
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Justin: The end of the semester is always a difficult time. Final exams mean a lot of grading for me. It is also a time each semester in which I have a difficult conversation with the college students...
View ArticleSpirituality, Intimacy, and Sexuality
Reviewed by Mary Ann Paulukonis, who is still learning about intimacy after forty-five years of marriage. Spirituality, Intimacy, and Sexuality seemed like a good choice for review during February, the...
View ArticleRedeemed Sexuality
As Christians we should be grateful beyond words for the gift of our redemption. We believe that Christ’s action on the cross has changed all things, for all time. We should seek to relate every aspect...
View ArticleMy Slogan: “Practice Saved Sex!”
I am a journalist and a convert. That sounds like an oxymoron. Two years after joining the Catholic Church, my wife and I began practicing Natural Family Planning (NFP). I found that the chastity...
View ArticleWhat God Has Joined: A Catholic Teaching on Marriage
What God Has Joined: A Catholic Teaching on Marriage is one of the publisher’s series of books conveying teaching by bishops and cardinals. Author Bishop Kevin Vann, ordinary for the Diocese of Forth...
View ArticleChapter Three: The Meaning of Human Sexuality
As we continue to prepare for the World Meeting of Families, this month we reflect on the meaning of human sexuality, covered in chapter three of the catechesis. This chapter focuses on the meaning of...
View ArticleReading Laudato Si in Light of Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Life
On Thursday, June 18, 2015, Pope Francis released his second encyclical, Laudato Si, “On care for our common home.” The encyclical addresses humanity’s responsibility to protect and conscientiously...
View ArticleMen, Women, and the Mystery of Love: Practical Insights from John Paul II’s...
Many know about St. John Paul II’s prolific work in the realm of male-female relationships. Perhaps you’ve heard of his catechetical audiences on the theology of the body, but have you encountered his...
View ArticleRaising Chaste Children in a Pornographic World
Note: This article is part of the USCCB “Clean Heart” series and is a companion resource to the USCCB formal statement Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Pastoral Response to Pornography; a printed pamphlet...
View ArticleCreate in Me a Clean Heart: Abridged Version
Note: This article is part of the USCCB “Clean Heart” series and is a companion resource to the USCCB formal statement Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Pastoral Response to Pornography; a printed pamphlet...
View ArticleNatural Family Planning
What does the Catholic Church teach about married love? Marriage is an intimate, lifelong partnership in which husbands and wives give and receive love unselfishly. The sexual relationship expresses...
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