Marriage and Family

Marriage and Family
Some Important Resources

"There never has been-and I believe there never will be-a durable human society based on any system other than the union of man, woman, and child, and on fidelity to that union....Shoud the family fall, society and civilization will be doomed."

Dr. Wilder Penfield (Neurosurgeon), former President of the Vanier Institute for the Family

The Marriage Bond is Based on Free and Irrevocable Consent. Paul VI's 1976 address to the members of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.
Casti Connubii. This Encyclical, written by Pius XI in 1930 on the Holiness of Matrimony, easily one of the best pieces of writing on marriage in the history of the world. It is more relevant today than it was in 1930.
Arcanum Divinae Sapientiae. This is the Encyclical written by Pope Leo XIII in 1880 on Christian Marriage. It too is up there with the best pieces on marriage, and when it is read, it is difficult to believe that it was written in the 19th century. It seems that it was written within the last two or three years.
Is Teen Pregnancy the Problem? Maggie Gallagher shows that the "teen pregnancy" crisis is not about teenagers, nor about pregnancy. It is about the decline of marriage.
Selections from Sociologist David Popenoe's Life Without Father: Compelling New Evidence that Fatherhood and Marriage are Indispensable for the Good of Children and Society. Order Here

The Unique Contributions of Fathers (read on...)
Gender-Differentiated Parenting (read on...)
Father Involvement and the Status of Women (read on...)

Selections from Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher's The Case for Marriage: Why Married People Are Happier, Healthier, and Better Off Financially. Order Here

The Marriage Bargain (read on...)
The Power of the Vow (read on...)
The Cohabitation Deal (read on...)
The Divorce Itself (read on...)

Selections from Maggie Gallagher's Enemies of Eros: How the Sexual Revolution is Killing Family, Marriage, and Sex and What We Ca Do About It. Order Here

Totem and Taboo in Manhattan (read on...)
The New Man Shortage (read on...)
Abortion and the Children of Choice (read on...)

End No Fault Divorce? Maggie Gallagher and Barbara Dafoe Whitehead (read on...)
The Bishops and the Court: Two Tales of Church and State. This is a very important article to read, written by Gerard V. Bradley, professor of Law at Notre Dame University, Indiana. He is an expert on the Establishment Clause in the U.S. Constitution, and this article will disclose the original meaning of the notion "separation of Church and State", that is so misunderstood today--and for historical reasons. This article is used with his permission.
The Indissoluble Nature of Marriage
Who's Having the Best Sex?
Living Together: Questions and Answers Regarding Cohabitation and the Church's Moral Teaching
The Symbolism of Premarital Chastity (A Selection from The Christian Meaning of Human Sexuality, by Paul Quay, S. J., Ph.D)
Contraception and Chastity. By Elizabeth Anscombe
We're Successful, and Hurt. By Elizabeth Marquardt
The Marriage Problem. By David Blankenhorn
Closed Hearts, Closed Minds: The Textbook Story of Marriage. Council on Families, 1997
Marriage and Public Health. By Maggie Gallagher
Marriage and Public Policy. By Maggie Gallagher
Does Divorce Make People Happy? Linda J. Waite, Don Browning, William J. Doherty, Maggie Gallagher, Ye Luo, and Scott M. Stanley
Hooking Up, Hanging Out, and Hoping for Mr. Right: College Women on Dating and Mating Today. Norval Glenn and Elizabeth Marquardt
On the Distinction Between the Sexes (how man and woman are not the same). By Dr. Donald DeMarco
How Women Help Men Become Whole and How Men Help Women to Completeness. By David Knight
Why Marriage is Good for You
The Ten Marks of a Happy Marriage
Making Marriage Last
The Top Ten Myths of Divorce
The Top Ten Myths of Marriage
Modern Myths About Cohabitation (living together)
The Seven Commandments of Parenting

Articles Around the Same-Sex Marriage Debate

Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops: Resources on Marriage
The Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops: Resources on Marriage
Anti-Sodomy Laws, Just Discrimination, and the Nature of Marriage (Michael Pakaluk)
Against Same-Sex Marriage (Gerard V. Bradley)
What Marriage Is For: Children Need Mothers and Fathers (Maggie Gallagher)
The Stakes (Maggie Gallagher)
The Divorce Thing (Maggie Gallagher)
Same Sex Marriage (Bishop Henry of Calgary)
Opposition to Same Sex Marriage is Not Discrimination (Rabbi Aryeh Spero)
Canada and Same Sex-Marriage (Donald DeMarco)
A Point by Point Reply to Father Scott Gale (D. McManaman)
Unisex Marriage: A Brief Response (D. McManaman)

Some Important Resources on Natural Family Planning and Things You Should Know About the Pill

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