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Watch: 5 questions with Mary Jo Pedersen

U.S. Catholic — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:17:57 -0700

Annulments: What never was

U.S. Catholic — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:46:18 -0700

Mary Sue Williams and Cathy Miettunen lived just a few blocks apart in a tree-lined, middle-class neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota when both went through the Catholic Church's annulment process following their civil divorces.

Williams and Miettunen belonged to the same parish, Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Maplewood, Minnesota, and both still do.

They sent their children to the same Catholic grade school, and both sacrificed to send them to the same Catholic high school.

Submissive to your husband?

U.S. Catholic — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:06:29 -0700

Scripture and traditional teachings can get in the way of victims' healing.

Our love is here to stay

U.S. Catholic — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:25:00 -0700

For most Catholics marriage is their path to holiness, says this expert. The church could-and should-do more to help them on their way.

A Betrothal proposal

U.S. Catholic — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:41:16 -0700

Are cohabiting Catholics always "living in sin"? Two respected family ministry researchers argue "no" and suggest the recovery of an ancient ritual for those moving toward marriage.

What every marriage needs?

U.S. Catholic — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:28:00 -0700

In July of 1999, a group of marriage-imrpovement gurus made a pilgrimage to the University of Notre Dame to celebrate 50 years of the Christian Family Movement. Publisher Sheed & Ward helped mark the occasion by printing a history of this modern movement heard round the world, a revolution of a different sort that got its start on American soil.
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Would you volunteer to save your marriage?

U.S. Catholic — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:08:35 -0700

MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT IS A POPULAR TOPIC THESE DAYS.Couples want to have the best marriages possible especially because with longer life spans we can anticipate that we will spend more years with our partner.

Two faiths are better than none

U.S. Catholic — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:02:49 -0700

As they gether around the dinner table each evening, the Yala family of Oak Park, Illinois gives thanks to God in both English and Arabic. Dana bows her head and intertwines the fingers of both hands, just as she was taught as a young Catholic. Her husband, Mohamed, keeps his hands open with palms up, as he learned as a Muslim growing up in Algeria. Their daughter follows Dana's example, while their son switches from one form of sitting in prayer to the other.