Posts in the "Marriage and family life" category

Articles on the call to holiness within the context of the “domestic church” of family life.

Connect with Your Soulmate in Montreal

Looking for a soulmate? Perhaps you know someone who has been on the lookout. Many people are desperately looking for someone they can love and give themselves to completely, for life. Indeed, it is not infrequent to find some good Catholics who would love to settle down and get married, but they […]

World Wide Marriage Encounter

From a comment on my personal blog, 2000 Stories, a reader makes the following suggestion:
Have you heard of Marriage Encounter?
The Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend is a positive and personal experience offering married couples an opportunity to learn a technique of loving communication that they can use for the rest of their lives. It’s a chance […]

Joe Cannon, this one’s for you: Marriage, divorce, and annulments

Last Tuesday (March 11) I was interviewed on the Joe Cannon show (940 AM Montreal) regarding the so-called “new sins from the Vatican”. I found this whole affair to be a tempest in a teacup, and I said so on the air. Joe was a challenging interviewer (he clearly likes to keep things […]

Saint Mary Faith Enrichment evenings

Welcome to all those attending the Faith Enrichment evenings being held at St. Mary parish in Greenfield Park, as well as all those who can’t make it but want to follow the evenings “at a distance” over the Internet. You can find copies of the Powerpoint slides, as well as audio files for the […]

The radical feminist origins of same-sex marriage

Canada has recently undergone a wrenching national debate on the issue of same-sex marriage (the result of which was its legalization), and this debate is being found well beyond our shores in other nations of Western civilization. When the debate was at its peak a number of people asked me where this debate came […]

Preventative Repentance

It has been said that there are certain anniversaries that nobody likes celebrating. While here in Canada some mused about changing the abortion law (or lack of it), the debate is heating up in the UK, especially since this past Saturday October 27th was the 40th anniversary of the law on abortion in England. […]

New Plumb Album : The Joy and Sanctity of Married Life

Christian alternative rock singer Plumb (Tifanny Arbuckle Lee) just put out a new album! It already has great reviews from Christian Music Central.
One thing is clear very quickly: Tiffany Arbuckle Lee, the artist known as Plumb, is supremely happy and content in her circumstances. I’m talking happy like a bug in a rug. The mother […]

Book review : The Temperament God Gave You

Have you ever wondered why some children seem to have been born neat, while others leave a tornado in their wake? Why are some people always upbeat and optimistic, their glass “half full,” while others seem to be enveloped in a black cloud, their glass always “half empty”? For some, no passing thought goes unexpressed, […]

Marriage resources on the web

Presenting a series of organizations and web sites devoted to enriching married life.

On the Theology of Children

Children have a simple and enlightening understanding of God. This is a richness for all who care to hear it.