Category: Marriage
CATHOLIC FAITHWATCH: Archdiocese of Chicago: “Ash Wednesday [and Saint Valentine’s Day] Announcement”
The Archdiocese of Chicago issued a statement noting that Ash Wednesday 2018 falls on February 14, a day on which many persons still celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day, but declared that no dispensation would be granted from the requirements of fasting and abstinence from meat. “In view of the significance of Ash Wednesday the obligation of fast and abstinence must naturally
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “National Marriage Week is February 7-14, 2018” – USCCB
“The upcoming observances of National Marriage Week (Feb. 7-14) and World Marriage Day (Sunday, Feb. 11) are an opportunity to focus on building a culture of life and love that begins with supporting and promoting marriage and the family. …”
» Read more#CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “#Marriage can transform both the culture and the world — if we do it right Marriage is a full-time vocation” – OSV Newsweekly/Cardinal Francis George
“… In their concern and care for each other and for their families, husbands and wives show the world, in a particular way, how to live according to the Great Commandment, with all one’s heart, mind and strength. It requires of them a great deal of realism and a large dose of forgiveness. It brings joy, often tempered by sorrows.
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