Relationship experts Byron and Francine Pirola explain how we can utilise our parish communities to make marriage preparation on opportunity for couples to engage – or re-engage – with the Catholic faith.
We chat to writer and mum Marilyn Rodrigues about her own story, and how she strives to meet the challenges of motherhood while keeping Christ at the centre of family life.
In this interview with Professor Nicholas Tonti-Filippini we discuss some of the ethical issues around IVF, as well as the possibilities and benefits of increasing awareness of natural fertility methods.
Redfield College headmaster James Burfitt in this interview discusses what education is, how we can bring up young people to their best potential, and what the role of parents are in the education of children.
Bernard reflects on why, for baptised Catholics, not all weddings are marriages.
Eamonn Keane discusses the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae, and how removing God from culture leads to the erosion of morality, the breakdown of marriage, and the rise of a culture of death.
In this edition of Foolish Wisdom, Bernard reflects on the connection between Christ’s total gift of self on the cross and the mutual gift of self that takes place in marriage.
Dr Ryan Messmore speaks on the love of sex and marriage as a covenantal relationship described extensively in Scripture, and gives advice on how people can prepare for marriage in light of this.