Faith, love and marriage
Articles on Catholic marriage, courtship and family life from the Jesus Choice Matrimonial team.
What the Catholic Church Teaches About Family Planning: A Guide for Engaged Couples
Responsible parenthood, natural family planning and why the Church teaches what it does. A clear, non-technical introduction for Catholic co...
Arranged or Love Marriage? How Kerala Christian Families Are Finding a Middle Way
Most Kerala Christian marriages today are neither purely arranged nor purely love marriages. How families and young people are combining fam...
The First Meeting Between Two Families: Questions Worth Asking
The pennu kaanal is often polite, short and tells nobody very much. A set of questions — for the couple and for the parents — that get to wh...
Inter-Rite Marriage: When a Syro-Malabar Marries a Latin Catholic
Marriages between Kerala's Catholic rites are common and entirely permitted. What actually changes — whose church, whose liturgy, and which...
When a Catholic Marries an Orthodox, Mar Thoma or CSI Christian
Kerala families often cross church lines. What the Catholic Church asks when a Catholic marries an Orthodox, Jacobite, Mar Thoma or CSI Chri...
What the Church Asks Before a Catholic Wedding in Kerala: Documents, Banns and the Pre-Marriage Course
The paperwork and preparation the Church requires before a Catholic wedding in Kerala — baptism and confirmation certificates, the banns, th...
25 Questions to Ask Before Marriage: A Guide for Catholic Couples
Faith, money, family, children, work and where you will live: twenty-five honest questions an engaged or nearly engaged Catholic couple shou...
