Love One Another: Catholic Reflections on Sustaining Marriages Today

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Love One Another examines the challenges facing married Catholics today, as well as solutions for how couples and families can forge long and satisfying relationships with one another, with children, and with the communities of the Church and society.

Written by eminent married Catholic scholars, Love One Another articulates a distinctively Catholic approach to marriage, one that reflects on: Biblical foundations; lessons from our cultural situation and history; and the ...

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Overview

Love One Another examines the challenges facing married Catholics today, as well as solutions for how couples and families can forge long and satisfying relationships with one another, with children, and with the communities of the Church and society.

Written by eminent married Catholic scholars, Love One Another articulates a distinctively Catholic approach to marriage, one that reflects on: Biblical foundations; lessons from our cultural situation and history; and the spiritual and moral dimensions of married life.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780824525897
  • Publisher: Crossroad Publishing Company
  • Publication date: 8/1/2010
  • Series: The Church in the 21st Century
  • Pages: 240
  • Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 9.20 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

Tim Muldoon is the author of The Ignation Workout and Seeds of Hope: Young Adults and the Catholic Church in the United States. Cynthia S. Dobrzynski is a spiritual director and a contributor to Lifelong Faith. They both live in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

Part 1 Foundations

1 Signs of Hope in Marriage Today David Thomas 6

2 A Spirituality for the Vocation to Marriage William P. Roberts 10

3 A Theology for Married People Tim Muldoon 20

Part 2 Challenges And Resources

4 The Marriage-Friendly Parish Julie Hanlon Rubio 34

5 Living the Dream David Matzko McCarthy 46

6 Spirituality and the Family Life Cycle Florence Caffrey Bourg 57

7 Marriage among the Spiritual but Not Religious James Healy 76

8 Layers of Marriage Preparation and the Family Life Cycle Joann Heaney-Hunter 89

9 Learning from the Liturgy Paul Covino 106

Part 3 Communities

10 Marriage and Family Ministry among Hispanic/Latino Catholics Alejandro Aguilera-Titus 122

11 Marriage and Family Ministry among African American Catholics Andrew Lyke 136

12 Marriage and Family Ministry among Asian American Catholics Jonathan Y. Tan 152

13 Interchurch Marriages: Challenges and Blessings Bonnie P. Mack 169

14 Interchurch Couples: Potential Challenges and Blessings Lee Williams 184

Conclusions Cynthia Dobrzynski 199

Contributors 203

Notes 207

Index 229

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