Call & Vocation

All people are called to ministry by virtue of their baptism. This is our general vocation, but we also have a specific call that leads us into one of the following ways of life: Marriage, Single Life, Ordained Ministry, Religious Life. Our lives take on deeper meaning when we respond openly to God's call.

Learning about Chastity • Parent Learning Centers

Helping Our Family Live Our Faith

This session will help parents to recognize that by creating the human person, man and woman, God gives each one personal dignity. They will appreciate that chastity means the full and complete integration of sexuality within the person and the covenant that spouses enter into. They will learn how to talk with their children about chastity in ways that will help them grow into a lifetime of faith. • By Bill Huebsch

Learning about Chastity • Whole Community Catechesis

(English & Spanish)

This session will help participants to recognize that by creating the human person, man and woman, God gives each one personal dignity. They will appreciate that chastity means the full and complete integration of sexuality within the person and the covenant that spouses enter into.

Daily Temperature Reading • Generations of Faith

Use these five communication tools for daily check-ins with spouses and family.

Rite of Marriage • Generations of Faith

This article explains many of the rituals used in the Sacrament of Marriage. • By Archbishop Annibale Bugini

Family Reflections on Marriage • Generations of Faith

Share stories and pictures of your wedding day, courtship, and marriage, and plan a renewal of vows together.

Marriage Meal Ritual • Generations of Faith

Taste & See

Ignite conversation about family with this meal ritual.

Celebrating Community • FIRE

Marriage: Living in Partnership

In this session participants will consider what is necessary to enable and sustain the commitment of two people in the sacrament of matrimony. • By Kathleen O'Connell Chesto