Tag: Catholic Marriage
Three Ways to a Resilient Marriage
By Francine and Byron Pirola
We’ve been hearing from many of our SmartLoving leaders around the world looking for help in supporting couples under stress....
The Epic Battle in Every Marriage
By Francine & Byron Pirola
If there is one thing that the seasons of Lent and Easter bring into focus, it’s the struggle between good...
Marriages jump-start evangelisation
Married couple Ashleigh and Justin Donnelly feel “beyond blessed” to be part of the first parish in Australia to have the Domestic Church program available and can’t wait to see how far across the country it spreads.
New program fostering relationships for life
The Archdiocese of Sydney’s social welfare agency, Catholic Care is leading an innovative new program, which draws closely upon Catholic social teaching to help grow and foster relationships for life.
Simcha Fisher: Questions for a long-time married couple
Who has four thumbs, has been married for almost a quarter of a century, and absolutely adores haunted houses?
I have no idea. Definitely not...
Melto D’Moronoyo: The beauty of the priesthood
Priesthood within the Catholic Church is something that is really quite beautiful.
It brings together different expressions across multiple liturgical traditions, religious orders, languages, and...
When age is an advantage
From passing on faith traditions to offering a safety valve for the “pressure cooker” of family life, Dr Ron and Mavis Pirola being grandparents.
Francine and Byron Pirola: We married too young
Lots of people told us so. Neither of us had really experienced life: Byron at 27 had at least lived out of home for...
Special canon law presentations to help those at the coalface of...
Expert teaching tailored for those working in parish life.
Francine and Byron Pirola: Getting to heaven
Parenting is a vocation that makes us into saints
We’ve been listening to the Messy Families podcast and one of the recurring themes is this...
Francine and Byron Pirola: Joyfully married…sometimes
Advent is a season of penance in preparation for the Lord’s coming; not the first coming which we celebrate on Christmas Day (his birthday),...