Actress Kidman completes journey back to Catholic Church with wedding
Catholic Online
6/26/2006
SYDNEY, Australia (Catholic Online) – Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman completed her journey back to the Catholic Church with the June 25, 2006, wedding to country music singer Keith Urban, five years after her divorce from actor Tom Cruise. The decision to hold the dusk-to-night-time Roman ...
Focus groups tell bishops church teaching on marriage a help, a challenge
Catholic News Service
6/21/2006
WASHINGTON – Catholic married couples find church teaching on marriage as a sacrament and a vocation to be very helpful but see its teaching on contraception as a challenge, according to participants in nearly 200 focus groups sponsored by the U.S. bishops' Committee on Marriage and Family Life. ...
Couples say love, patience and keeping God in marriage help them stay together
Catholic Standard
6/20/2006, by Lynnea Pruzinsky Mumola
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Catholic Standard) -- Before there was World War II, there was Mary and Albert Baumgartner. Married at St. Peter's Church in Waldorf on October 17, 1936, this year will mark the couple's 70th wedding anniversary.
On Sunday, June 11, the Baumgartners gathered with over 570 other ...
Sex, marriage: Pope discusses love, Vatican official discusses sin
Catholic News Service
6/19/2006, by John Thavis
VATICAN CITY – In early June, Pope Benedict XVI drew favorable attention when he said the church does not want to "suffocate" the joy of love by its teaching on sexuality and marriage.
What many noticed was the pope's positive approach – his recognition that young people, in particular, feel ...
Kidman wedding in Australia seen as spiritual homecoming
Catholic News Service
6/9/2006, by Dan McAloon
SYDNEY, Australia – Preparation for actress Nicole Kidman and country singer Keith Urban's June 25 wedding has helped guide her back to the Catholic Church, said a priest who knows her. "For Nicole, you know this is a spiritual homecoming, coming back to the church and her faith in her old parish," ...
Where do honeymooners go?
Catholic News Service
5/22/2006, by Louise McNulty
AKRON, Ohio – Planning a honeymoon isn’t simple. Couples have to decide when to take it, how long to stay, and where to go.
Coralie Fabijanic, an Akron, Ohio, travel agent, has planned honeymoons for couples who chose a cabin in the woods or who retreated to Caribbean islands.
A surprise ...
Loving marriage can benefit society, pope says
Catholic News Service
5/12/2006
VATICAN CITY – Only total, self-giving love based on marriage between a man and woman can form a solid enough foundation for building communities and can benefit all of society, said Pope Benedict XVI.
There is a "special urgency" today to avoid confusing marriage with "other types of union ...
Tips for hiring a wedding photographer
Catholic News Service
5/2/2006, by Paul Haring
The story of your wedding day is entrusted both to memory and photography. Both fade over time, but good photography can bring back many happy memories and remind you of all the emotion and feeling of your special moment in time.
Listed below are some helpful wedding photography tips.
Make ...
Meaningful marriage reminders
Catholic Online
4/28/2006, by Peggy Weber
EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass. – In her book, Weaving a Family, author Peggy Weber takes a look at the realities of a marriage and provides some helpful suggestions to help couples nurture their relationship.
MARRIAGE: TYING THREADS
Families begin when a husband and wife make a commitment to each ...
Marriage, money & the budget...
Catholic News Service
4/10/2006, by Pat Wargocki
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - “Money problems are the biggest reason for divorce" in our society, said David Robinson, president of Robinson, Tigue, Sponcil and Associates, a registered investment advisory firm. To help newlyweds avoid becoming another divorce statistic, Robinson conducts financial workshops ...
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