Experts unpack Vatican-recommended ‘catechumenate for marriage’ September 2, 2023By Rachel Hoover OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News Leaders are still unpacking what a “marriage catechumenate” means for the church in the U.S.
Can Catholic speed dating ministries boost falling marriage vocations? April 10, 2023By Rachel Hoover OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, World News At a typical speed dating event, participants chat with each attendee of the opposite sex for a set length of time, then privately select which participants they are interested in seeing again.
Dating culture crisis fuels Catholic marriage vocation collapse March 3, 2023By Rachel Hoover OSV News Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life, News, World News During 50 years between 1969 and 2019, Catholic marriages declined 69 percent even as the Catholic population increased by nearly 20 million, according to Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.