Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly When I was 15, I experienced my first “chastity” talk one night at youth group. A local organization called the Theology of the Body Evangelization Team came to our parish and gave a series of talks about the subject. It was the first time in my life I had […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Did you ever think your high school or college relationship would result in marriage? I know I would be lying if I said that I did not think that myself. I might have said publicly, “Young relationships usually don’t last,” but in my heart of hearts, I would dream. […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly For over 20 years, online dating has grown in popularity and is now one of the top ways couples meet. However, some single people, particularly those who are seeking a spouse with strong faith and values, are getting tired of dating apps and trying to meet in person again. […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly “It didn’t come with a manual.”I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard a guy say that about marriage and fatherhood.But it is true…and it is a hard truth.  The two most difficult “jobs” for a man—being a husband and a father—commence with little to no […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Do you desire to have a lifelong Catholic marriage? In the twenty-first century, that is a tall order. How can we be sure if we are dating someone that if we marry we will be able to persevere? How important is that perseverance thing? For a Catholic—indeed for any […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly In my book and elsewhere, I usually write about how to meet more people, get more dates, and enter a marriage-minded dating relationship. Today, though, I’m going to share some advice for when that relationship doesn’t go so well. Before I got married, I went through three main breakups […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly There are Catholics who marry Catholics and who live a wonderful life. There are Catholics who marry Catholics who end up in divorce. There are Catholics who marry non-Catholics who lose their faith. And there are Catholics who marry non-Catholics whose spouses convert and live happily ever after.  All […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly After a career change, I had the privilege of beginning my teaching career this past year at St. John Paul II High School in Avondale, AZ which is run by the Sisters of St. Cecilia, better known as the “Nashville Dominicans.” I was blown away by the fidelity of […]