by Elizabeth Sala | Sep 30, 2022 | Family Life, Health, Marriage Prep, Prayer, Questions, Spirituality
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of interviewing Brie Sanford, an alumna of Catholic Marriage Prep. We discussed baseball, high school, and avoidable wedding mistakes, but even more importantly I heard the story of her faith journey, long-distance engagement, and...
by Michelle C. Martin | Sep 7, 2022 | Church, Family Life, Liturgy, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Parenting
Last weekend my husband and I attended our first Catholic wedding since being married. After a six-hour drive with a three-month-old that had started at 7 A.M., arriving at the church just minutes before the wedding began, and rushing straight to the restroom to...
by Tom Ponchak | Jan 22, 2019 | Church, Marriage
“Who knows—perhaps it was for a time like this that you became queen?” (Esther 4:14) The book Esther tells the story of a Jewish girl chosen for the harem of a Persian king because of her beauty. One of the king’s advisors harbors a deep hatred for the Jews and...
by Catholic Marriage Prep | Sep 13, 2017 | Church, Family Life, Marriage, Prayer, Society, Spirituality, Teachings
A few of my friends and family had shared on social media a TED talk by Angela Lee Duckworth, Ph.D on the #1 predictor of success, when all other factors had been considered. You can watch the video if you’d like, but to sum it up: it all comes down to resilience, or...
by Christine Pearse | Aug 14, 2016 | Church, Family Life, Prayer, Spirituality
Ah, here we are again, that time of year when we work to get back into the hustle and bustle of school and schedules. It is a time to make a plan and think ahead. It is in the midst of all this planning and running around that I keep getting the nudge to stop and...
