MARRIAGE AND THE COMPLEMENTARITY OF MALE AND FEMALE *
William E. May Michael J. McGivney Professor of Moral Theology John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 20017, USA The “Beatifying Beginning” of Human Existence It is fitting to begin our investigation into marriage and the complementarity of male and female with the […]
Life & Love Revisited
Rev. David J. Erickson Homily delivered February 19, 2012 Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Lander, Wyoming. With all the news on the HHS mandate, I’ve read and heard not only mischaracterization of the Church’s teachings on contraception, but then the trashing of the Catholic Church based on these mischaracterizations. One article included a picture of the […]
Language of the Body
JANET SMITH As persons, we are never simply objects to be used; we possess an inherent dignity which requires that our personhood always be respected. Just as our words carry certain meanings, so the “language of the body” carries inherent meaning. …Let me again note that the pope constantly stresses the fundamental dignity of man: […]
KNOW YOUR BODY: A Family Guide to Sexuality & Fertility
by Charles W. Norris, M.D. & Jeanne B. Waibel Owen 1 Introduction THIS IS A BOOK for young people entering adolescence and for their parents to share, to talk about, and to learn from. The subject of this book is human sexuality in the broad sense — whatever makes you a man or a woman […]
John Paul II’s Theology of the Body: Key to an Authentic Marital & Family Spirituality
Christopher West What is marital spirituality? How does the family become authentically spiritual? For John Paul II, the answers to these questions “of the spirit” are revealed in the body. This is what we learn from John Paul II’s “theology of the body.” In this collection of 129 general audience addresses delivered early in his […]
Is the family still the basic unit of society?
Address to the National Family GatheringSt Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill By + Cardinal George PellArchbishop of Sydney16 April 2004 The traditional family of man, woman and children has been badly knocked around over the last thirty years, and every Australian is aware of the hurt and suffering this has caused. It is certainly not my […]
Forty Years Wandering
JOHN KIPPLEY This year marks the fortieth [now sixtieth] anniversary of Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s controversial “The Negro Family: The Case for National Action.” In what came to be called The Moynihan Report, the future senator, then a staffer in Lyndon Johnson’s Department of Labor, described the black illegitimacy rate as a key factor in the […]
For Better or for Worse?
MARY ANN GLENDON President Bush’s endorsement of a constitutional amendment to protect the institution of marriage should be welcomed by all Americans who are concerned about equality and preserving democratic decision-making. Mary Ann Glendon “After more than two centuries of American jurisprudence and millennia of human experience,” he explained, “a few judges and local authorities […]
Feminism and the Family an Indissoluble Marriage
MARY ANN GLENDON Harvard law professor Mary Ann Glendon led the Vatican delegation to the UN Beijing Conference on Women in 1995. She soon discovered that the working document in Beijing contained defects which corresponded closely to the defects of 1970s’ feminism. Mary Ann Glendon In September 1995, I had the honor of heading the […]
How to Choose a Spouse
MARSHALL FIGHTLIN In this article we learn what goes on inside men and women, both psychologically and emotionally, when they are looking for a spouse. The author provides practical advice and wonderful insights on how to address the major issues that need to be addressed when marriage is being considered. This talk is not about the […]