"Be not afraid" were the very first words from the great pope of the family, St. John Paul II, as he stepped out on to the balcony at St. Peter's Rome to greet the awaiting crowds as the newly elected pontiff.
Not the Destination...
Marriage is a journey, not a destination...
A first in the history of the Church: canonization of a married couple.
Blessed Louis and Zélie, parents of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus (of Lisieux), will be the first couple ever to be canonized together, as a married couple, this Sunday October 18th, 2015.
So the new encyclical Laudato si is finally promulgated and is apparently the longest encyclical in history at 200 pages!
Apologies for a slightly longer bulletin than usual but I think current events warrant it.
It seems the beta concept comes from the intersection of two good instincts: the desire to marry and to avoid the divorce tragedies of their parents...
How should we reply to the argument that “beta marriage” is simply a strategy for future relationship success?
Can testing a marriage out ensure its future success?
Recently TIME magazine published an article titled “The Beta Marriage: How Millennials Approach ‘I Do’”. We were asked by Fathers For Good to discuss the downfalls of the “beta marriage” model, specifically by answering three specific questions. Let's answer the first one today:
