by Patrick Hernandez | Jan 23, 2023 | Family Life, Parenting, Questions, Society
Society loves to tell us how to parent our children. But its definition of “love” couldn’t be further from what scripture teaches us. What is love? One Saturday morning when I put on Nickelodeon for my kids, I saw a commercial that could be summed up...
by Elizabeth Sala | Jan 13, 2023 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
It happens all too often. At dinner my husband, who loves Latin, will try to share his observations from a text he’s reading—Livy, Virgil, or the Vulgate. Almost like clockwork, I’ll stop paying attention, my mind who knows where until a question: “So what do you...
by Michelle C. Martin | Jan 5, 2023 | Family Life, Marriage, Society, Spirituality
Did you know that the average marriage in the U.S. lasts seven to eight years? A leading reason men and women cite for divorcing their spouse is “falling out of love.” For whatever reason, spouses tend to feel “infatuated” with each other for seven years....
by Michelle C. Martin | Nov 4, 2022 | Marriage, Marriage Prep, Questions, Society, Spirituality, Teachings
One night in college I was up late studying with my best friends and roommates. Another friend who lived in the apartment above us came in, asking for our advice about a situation in her relationship. She said that her partner was unstable and had been pressuring her...
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...
