by Tom Ponchak | Mar 15, 2018 | Family Life, Health, Marriage, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Blessed Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae (On Human Life), the landmark document that upheld the Catholic Church’s rejection of artificial contraception as immoral. As modern papal documents go, Humanae Vitae is light...
by Catholic Marriage Prep | Mar 8, 2018 | Family Life, Marriage, Parenting, Society, Spirituality
One of the highlights of my summer was going to a Mass of Consecration for a Virgin. My friend from college, Andrea, was making her vows as a consecrated single. It was definitely one of the most beautiful Masses I have ever been to: dozens of priests in attendance, a...
by Catholic Marriage Prep | Feb 12, 2018 | Family Life, Marriage, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
My husband and I are not big on celebrating Valentine’s Day because we like to think we show love to each other all year long. J Sometimes we celebrate the day after Valentine’s Day so we can go buy the clearance chocolate. Still, we try and do something simple, like...
by Cloe Ellwood | Sep 28, 2017 | Health, Marriage, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
Celebrity deaths. Where we mourn people we never actually met, and reflect over their lives as if they were long lost cousins. I would argue that very few celebrities have had as monumental an impact on our society as Hugh Hefner. Much like the meteor that killed the...
by Catholic Marriage Prep | Jul 31, 2017 | Family Life, Health, Marriage, Parenting, Spirituality, Teachings
Lately, the readings of the liturgical cycle have been focusing on the parable of the sower. And since last week was Natural Family Planning (NFP) Awareness week, I wanted to follow up with some reflections on sowing the seed of NFP. In it’s essence, NFP is fertility...
