While eating ice cream with a group of “beautiful, smart, extroverted, social people,“ Boston College seniors nearing graduation, Kerry Cronin asked them about...
Relationships
Divorce has doubled for couples over 50. Empty nesters share tales from the brink. Even before Dick and Irene Reimbold’s younger daughter left for college...
(This story accompanies The 25-year-itch: Empty nesters and the second half of marriage.) One way to sustain a marriage through the second half is to keep...
This story accompanies The 25-year-itch: Empty nesters and the second half of marriage.) David and Claudia Arp, founders of Marriage Alive and authors of The...
In this 1997 article that accompanies the one above, one Catholic argues that same-sex marriage would allow the church to encourage more loving, nurturing, and...
Recently my friend Angela called me in tears. Angela, 31, and her husband have been married for three years, and they are very well-suited: They can spend...
As a Presbyterian working for the Catholic Church, Bonnie Mack approaches her ministry from a unique perspective. She has been married to a Catholic for 42...
Editors’ note: Sounding Board is one person’s take on a many-sided subject and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of U.S. Catholic, its editors...
These are just some of the ways that the parish can be a resource to couples experiencing infertility. • Raise the issue of infertility at the pre-Cana...
Alternatives such as those offered by Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction in Omaha don’t work for every couple. And in vitro...
