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Office for Pastoral Services, Catholic Center
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Click here to register for the Marriage Preparation Program
Click here for more information about Catholic Engaged Encounter
For Your Marriage is an outstanding website offered through the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops dedicated to you and your marriage. It provides a simple, upbeat message about the necessity of couples participating in their marriage — often in small, daily acts of love and care — in order to build commitment. The website, which continues to grow, offers information, help, inspiration and encouragement to couples who want to learn about marriage and deepen their commitment.
The Couple Checkup is designed to help you and your (future) spouse build a more satisfying and intimate relationship. It is designed to activate dialogue, discovery, and increase the overall quality of your relationship. The Couple Checkup will help you discover your strengths as a couple. It will also help you identify issues that are threatening the vitality of your relationship and may need to be addressed.
For the Defense of Marriage Resources:
A video response to the societal and cultural challenges impacting the institution of marriage, "One Man, One Woman: Marriage and the Common Good": visit: http://www.rcan.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=1159 or http://saintmaxworldwide.org and click on the “Play Video” button.
Frequently Asked questions regarding the Defense of Marriage:
http://www.mainemarriageinitiative.com/qanda.php These are 10 30-second video clips
Marriage Encounter
A program to assist a good marriage in becoming a better marriage. Click on the following links for more information: Connecticut Worldwide Marriage Encounter and Worldwide Marriage Encounter.
Natural Family Planning
http://fairfieldcounty.ccli.org
Promoting the moral, healthy, and successful practice of the marital conjugal relationship.
Retrouvaille
http://www.retrouvaille.org
A program to assist a troubled or stressed marriage in becoming a good marriage. New Marriage Enrichment Resources on the Web!
As part of the US Catholic Bishops' National Pastoral Initiative on Marriage, which runs through 2011, there are two new Marriage Enrichment Resources available through the efforts of the USCCB Secretariat for Family, Laity, and Woman & Youth.
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Online resources for dads including Marriage Builders for Catholic Dads and St. Joseph's Covenant Keepers.
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Celebrating Catholic Motherhood. A website for sharing and learning about parenting and faith issues.
http://www.CatholicMom.com -
A collection of treasures for parents, including tips and resources for parenting from birth to adolescence.
www.CatholicParenting.com -
The Pontifical Council for the Laity, in observance of the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's Mulieris Dignitatem, the Apostolic Letter on the Dignity and Vocation of Women, has invited Catholics in North America to consider the document in light of the theme: "The Dignity of Women in a Technological and Consumeristic Society." This website provides a variety of resources that will assist in unlocking the beauty and depth of this document.
http://www.DignityofWomen.com