When you are a parent, you clock many hours in the back of churches. Pacing with fussy babies. Corralling rambunctious toddlers. Calming down restless children.
Marriage & Family Life
National Eucharistic Congress promises ‘profound impact’ for families, says Indy family life director
INDIANAPOLIS (OSV News) – Catholics will come to Indianapolis in the tens of thousands for the National Eucharistic Congress July 17-21 – some as individuals, some as couples, some as groups.
Fifty days of Easter spirit
(OSV News) – Most people don’t think in terms of Easter spirit. Yet the Easter season is a time that is filled with a spirit of joy and hope.
Family’s first time at camp
Our 17th summer of camp at Gasper River Catholic Youth Camp is quickly approaching. Maybe, as a parent, you’ve heard of camp but don’t know anything about it and may even be a little nervous about sending your child to camp.
‘Selfless contributions’ helped raise $100,000 for Catholic marriage ministry initiatives across western Ky.
Thanks to multiple “community and ministry partners… as well as many generous donors who believe in strengthening marriages,” Danny May, the director of the Diocese of Owensboro’s Office of Marriage and Family Life, recently learned some big news: the $50,000 matching grant he’d been working on had finally been achieved, securing a total of $100,000 for marriage ministry in western Kentucky.
Holy Spirit Parish hosting Grace Marriage date night event
Holy Spirit Parish in Bowling Green, Ky., is hosting a date night event for married couples on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, featuring special guests Brad and Marilyn Rhoads.
Couples gather for annual marriage celebration Mass at cathedral
On Sept. 24, 67 married couples gather at St. Stephen Cathedral for the annual Marriage Celebration Mass with Bishop William F. Medley.
‘Making a good marriage even better’
After taking off throughout the Diocese of Owensboro, a marriage enrichment program is expanding to other dioceses and parishes around the United States as leaders seek ways to embrace the Vatican’s proposal of a catechumenal model for marriage formation.
Megan Bell newly certified to teach Billings method of natural family planning
On July 20, 2023, the Office of Marriage and Family Life for the Diocese of Owensboro announced Megan Bell of Murray, Ky., as the newest certified teacher of the Billings Ovulation Method of natural family planning.
Coming this August: healing retreat for adult children of divorced/separated parents
The title of the retreat says it all: “Life-Giving Wounds.” That phrase implies the entire focus of the weekend healing retreat, which is to bring God’s healing to the wounds experienced by adult children of divorce or separation.