What Every Catholic Marriage Prep Program Ought to Include
How would you answer this question … Outline a marriage preparation program for your parish. Explain what components you would like to include and why. Joel had to answer this very question for his...
View ArticleBuckle Up! Riding the Marriage Roller Coaster
Marriage is a lot like a roller coaster, fun and exhilarating, but also full of twists and turns, loops and corkscrews. So how does a marriage survive while routinely being thrown off track? What’s one...
View ArticleAbundant Living: Couples Living the Gift of Natural Family Planning
This is Natural Family Planning (NFP) Awareness week. In its honor, we are rounding up posts previously published here over the last five years and highlighting one each day. The post Abundant Living:...
View ArticlePregnancy and Infant Loss Healing Retreat
Friends, the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Ministry resources for our diocese continue to expand. We are grateful to announce yet another opportunity for couples who have experienced any type of pregnancy...
View ArticleCouples Night Out Event
Are you: married, with kids still at home, live near eastern Iowa, AND want to enjoy a date night with your spouse? If so, please consider attending the Couples Night Out event on Saturday, October 18...
View ArticleWhy Rest On Thanksgiving If Not Every Sunday?
Maybe you’ve seen the following image floating about social media lately? We agree. And we get it. We both have siblings who work in retail, and we understand the conflict that occasionally arises when...
View ArticleWhat Makes a Family Holy?
Not even ten minutes pass after Mass, and you find yourself sitting in the parish hall breaking up an argument between the kids who are fighting over a donut. So much for that peace we offered one...
View ArticleSpeaking Event This Saturday in Ames, Iowa
Joel and I are looking forward to speaking at this year’s Pure Fashion Show on Saturday evening at the Gateway Hotel Conference Center in Ames, Iowa. What’s better is Jonny Diaz is taking a break from...
View ArticlePregnancy and Infant Loss Mass (Diocese of Des Moines)
Honoring our children with the Lord: the spring Pregnancy and Infant Loss Mass will be held April 27 at All Saints Catholic Church in Des Moines. The post Pregnancy and Infant Loss Mass (Diocese of Des...
View ArticleLove is our Mission: Families Fully Alive
Since we aren’t able to travel to Philadelphia and see Pope Francis at the World Meeting of Families, we figured heading back to Joel’s old stomping grounds in Wisconsin is the next best thing. Right?!...
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