Monthly Archives: October 2012

Bishops See Families as Agents of Evangelization « For Your Marriage

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Many married couples and families in the church pursue their life together in loving, committed and even heroic ways that “illuminate and warm this world of ours,” serving it as an “extraordinary light of love,” Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia said in brief remarks Oct. 15 to the world Synod of Bishops in Rome.

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Marriage in the Catechism of the Catholic Church :: Catholic News Agency

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ARTICLE 7 – THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY

1601 “The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring; this covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to

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Fide: Marriage: “Feeling” in love…

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My full-time employment is in adult ministry. Working for the Church, I hear a lot of stories about unfaithfulness, infidelity, etc. Of course I naturally ask, “Why?” I often hear, “I have fallen out of love with her/him.” “I mean, I feel like we’ve grown apart and I don’t feel like we’re in love anymore,” and the marriage is split. I want to state something that I have learned from JPII;

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ZENIT – Final List of Propositions of the Synod of Bishops

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Proposition 48 : THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY

Established by the sacrament of matrimony, the Christian family as the domestic Church is the locus and first agent in the giving of life and love, the transmission of faith and the formation of the human person according to the values of the gospel. In imitating Christ, the whole Church must dedicate herself to supporting families in the catechesis of children and youth. In many cases the grandparents will have a very important role.

At the same time the New Evangelization should strive to address significant pastoral problems around marriage, the case of divorced and remarried, the situation of their children, the fate of abandoned spouses, the couples who live together without marriage and the trend in society to redefine marriage.

The Church with maternal care and evangelical spirit should seek appropriate responses for these situations, as an important aspect of the new evangelization.

Every pastoral plan of evangelization should also include a respectful invitation to all those who live alone, to experience God in the family of the Church.

It is necessary to educate people in how to live human sexuality according to Christian anthropology, both before marriage as well as in marriage itself.

The Synod notes with appreciation those families who leave their homes in order to be evangelizers for Christ in other countries and cultures.

via ZENIT – Final List of Propositions of the Synod of Bishops.

California Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood | Office of Regional Operations | Administration for Children and Families

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Healthy Relationship California (HRC) is targeting nine of the most populous low-income counties in California:  Sacramento, Alameda, Monterey, Fresno, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and San Diego.   This grantee’s allowable/authorized activities are:

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Shrinks wanted

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In light of the 2005 Instruction, Dignitas connubii, the Rotal jurisprudence, and the recent papal allocutions to the Roman Rota regarding causes concerning incapacities mentioned in Canon 1095 (1983 CIC), the Marriage Tribunal of the Diocese of Sacramento is searching for skilled individuals in the field of Psychology or Psychiatry to join our list of experts.

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