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 Elizabeth Sala | Sep 6, 2022 | Marriage, Marriage Prep, Society, Spirituality, Teachings
I needed a wake-up call on what it means to “love your neighbor.” My husband and I live in an apartment, our very first. We’ve only been here two months, but already I would say that we have lived through the gamut of classic apartment...
by Elizabeth Sala | Aug 30, 2022 | Marriage, Marriage Prep, Questions, Society
Many people in our culture believe in love at first sight. I’ll never forget the first time I asked my mom to explain how she knew that she would marry my dad. She smiled serenely. “Oh,” she said, “I just knew.” How, I wondered, could this be possible? Ten years old...
by Michelle C. Martin | Aug 22, 2022 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Society
In marriage, there’s no such thing as 50/50. Give 100 percent, every day. When I was a kid, my parish would give birthday and anniversary blessings every week to members of the congregation. The priest would deliver the announcements before Mass started,...
