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In the chapel on bended knee

On the top of a mountain, at a sporting event, in front of friends and family — there are a million different ways to propose, but most hopeful grooms-to-be choose somewhere that’s beautiful and has special significance. For some Catholics, that place is church. 

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Longtime couples share key to a happy marriage

A common faith, thinking as a team, being flexible and arguing candidly but respectfully describe some of the keys to a strong marriage for Claude and Yvette Arrington, named Oregon’s longest married couple by Worldwide Marriage Encounter.

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Parishes teach children and youths about marriage

In the effort to promote Catholic marriages, which have been on the decline in recent years, some U.S. parishes are making conscious efforts to reach out not only to engaged couples but to a much younger audience — children and youths — about the church’s teaching on marriage.

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Couples should make dinners special, cooking priest says

WASHINGTON — When Father Leo Patalinghug was leading parish marriage preparation programs, he noticed couples put a lot into wedding planning but didn’t necessarily think about celebrating small milestones after they were married such as their month anniversaries.

But as he sees it, newlyweds should not wait a year to celebrate their wedding anniversary but instead they should do something special once a month to celebrate their marriage.

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Look past Big Day details to the marriage

Weddings are big deals, no doubt about it. But as the pope points out, it is easy for couples to lose sight of the bigger picture — the marriage — if their focus is on a single day’s celebration.

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Modest wedding dresses for matrimony

Wedding season is here and it’s time to grab your crew and head to the dress shop. But before you have the assistants clip you into your first white, ivory or champagne gown, it’s a good idea to know what your modesty standards are and what your church has to say about it. 

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