Tag: Marriage
Boris Johnson, marriage and the Catholic Church
The news this week that the twice divorced British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, had married at Westminister Cathedral in London sent the chattering classes...
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...
Peter Rosengren: The most dangerous thing in the world
In a world that's turned upside-down, believing Catholic families remain an untapped power
Recent events on a range of fronts have communicated ever more forcefully...
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: The Perspective Check
The two things that corrode a relationship
There’s nothing like the turnover of the year for stimulating lifestyle re-evaluation. How can we make the Christmas...
Pope announces year-long reflection on family, ‘Amoris Laetitia’
Through them, he said, "we are called to rediscover the educational value of the family unit; it must be founded on the love that always regenerates relationships, opening up horizons of hope."
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),...
Catholic News Agency: What did Pope Francis say about civil unions?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that those who identify as LGBT “must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity.
Francine and Byron Pirola: The dog-trainer lesson
By Francine and Byron Pirola
A few months ago, our young Australian Shepherd went to doggie boot camp.
When the time came to do the pickup,...
Talks make course of dating run more smoothly
Simon Carrington wants to cut through dating confusion
A new course aimed at single Catholics promises to help them to build fun, healthy and intentional...
Beth Wells: Trust God, everything else follows
I thought I would never get married. I began my twenties expecting to quickly find that extroverted, hilarious, intelligent, ambitious, romantic, party-animal man who...
