The Lord God said, "It is not good that man should be without companionship; I will make him a helpmate."
Gn. 2:18
"Husbands, love your wives , just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."
Eph.5:25
"Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Children obey your parents in everything for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not embitter your children or they will become discouraged."
Col.3:18,20-21
"The family is, so to speak, the domestic Church. In it parents should, by their word and example, be the first preachers of the faith to their children."
Vatican II: Constitution on the Church
The Domestic Church www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p2s2c3a7.htm#VI
The Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World (Familiaris Consortio)
www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2FAMIL.HTM
Letter to Families (Gratissimam sane) www.catholic-forum.com/saints/pope0264dx.htm
Fostering the Nobility of Marriage and the Family:Vatican II.
(Gaudium et Spes - Part 2, Chapter 1) www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/v2modwor.htm
Charter of the Rights of the Family www.cin.org/vatcong/fmright.html
Charter of the Family and the Catholic Faith
www.therealpresence.org/archives/Family/Family_005.htm
By Love Refined: Letters to a Young Bride www.ewtn.com/library/Marriage/SIPBYLOV.HTM
Love, Marriage and Family http://www.jesuschristsavior.net/love.html
The Vocation of Marriage in God's Plan www.ewtn.com/library/BISHOPS/VOCAMARR.htm
Marriage: The Mystery of Faithful Love www.ewtn.com/library/Marriage/SIPMARRG.HTM
The "Good of the Spouses" and Marriage as a Vocation to Holiness
www.christendom-awake.org/pages/may/marriage-2.htm
Saint Augustine and Christian Marriage
www.therealpresence.org/archives/Marriage/Marriage_003.htm
Marriage: A Person-Affirming, Love-Enabling, Life-Giving and Sanctifying Reality
www.christendom-awake.org/pages/may/person-affirming.htm
Marriage:A Common Endeavour www.christendom-awake.org/pages/may/marriage.htm
Marriage: Why We Care www.wf-f.org/JFH-Marriage.html
Marriage and the Family www.ewtn.com/library/MARRIAGE/MARRIAGE.TXT
Marriage and Family Life www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/VAT/aq1004.asp
The Family in God's Plan www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a4.htm#I
How to Preserve the Catholic Faith: The Family
www.therealpresence.org/archives/Pro_Life/Pro_Life_002.htm
Feast of the Family www.shc.edu/theolibrary/resources/couples.htm
Sacred Splendor: the Prophetic Vocation of the Christian Family
www.domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DCC/19980101/ESSAY/FAMPROPH.HTM
A Revival Of Christian Culture Through The Family
www.domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DCC/19990101/ARTICLES/culture.htm
Love and the Family in Today's World www.ewtn.com/library/MARRIAGE/LOVFAM.TXT
The Christian Family: Good News for the Third Millennium www.wf-f.org/03-1-Family.html
The Family for the Third Millennium www.therealpresence.org/archives/Family/Family_003.htm
The Family at the Heart of a Culture of Life www.ewtn.com/library/FAMILY/FAMHEART.TXT
The Family's Role in the Development of Society www.wf-f.org/0901Chaput.html
Marital and Family Commitment www.ewtn.com/library/MARRIAGE/MAFAMCOM.TXT
Prayer, Penance and the Eucharist are the Principal Sources
of Spirituality for Married Couples www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP841003.HTM
Deconstructing the Family - What happens to society
when we disrupt the natural order of creation? www.wf-f.org/fall2k-joseph.html
Jesus on Divorce and Remarriage http://matt1618.freeyellow.com/divorce.html
Paul on Divorce and Remarriage - 1 Cor. 7 http://matt1618.freeyellow.com/divorce2.html
The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality www.cin.org/vatcong/sexed.html
An Introduction to John Paul II's Theology of the Body
www.nfpoutreach.org/Hogan_Theology_%20Body1.htm
John Paul II's Theology of the Body
www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2TBIND.HTM
http://www.theologyofthebody.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=6&Itemid=50
www.catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0055.html
What is the Theology of the Body? www.theologyofthebody.net/
The New Language: A Crash Course in the Theology of the Body
www.catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0108.html
Chastity http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0012.html
Morals and Marriage: The Catholic Background to Sex
www.ewtn.com/library/MARRIAGE/MORMAR.txt
What's Good About Sex? http://catholiceducation.org/articles/apologetics/ap0146.html
Three To Get Married www.ewtn.com/library/MARRIAGE/3GETMARR.TXT
Birth Control http://users.binary.net/polycarp/nobirth.html
http://sycophants.info/birthcontrol.html
On The Regulation Of Birth ( Humanae vitae ) www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/P6HUMANA.HTM
In Defense of Humanae Vitae
www.therealpresence.org/archives/Faith_and_Morals/Faith_and_Morals_003.htm
Natural Family Planning http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0661.html
Artificial Birth Control - What Does the Bible Teach? www.catholicsource.net/abcbible.html
Birth Control and Genesis 38 http://matt1618.freeyellow.com/birthcontrol.html
Germaine Greer on Birth Control http://sycophants.info/greer.html
Contraception (Scriptural Evidence for the Teachings of the Catholic Church)
www.scripturecatholic.com/contraception.html
Church Teaching on Contraception
Part 1: http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0658.html
Part 2: http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0659.html
Contraceptives Diminish Marital Union http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0660.html
Contraceptive References in the Bible http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0663.html
Contraceptives Show Grave Consequences
http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0664.html
Contraception, Gateway to the Culture of Death
www.christendom-awake.org/pages/may/contraception.htm
Contraception (Church Documents; Websites; Articles)
www.catholic-pages.com/dir/contraception.asp
Abortion www.shc.edu/theolibrary/abortion.htm
Abortion:What the Church Teaches www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/ac0898.asp
Feminism and Abortion www.christendom-awake.org/pages/may/feminismabortion.htm
Abortion or Not (Study Notes & Exam) www.catholicdoors.com/courses/abortion.htm
Ethical Treatment after Rape http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0566.html
Offering Compassion and Truth in Cases of Rape and Sexual Assault
www.christendom-awake.org/pages/may/karacrawford.htm
Begetting vs. Making Babies www.christendom-awake.org/pages/may/begetting.htm
Blessing Of Parents After A Miscarriage
www.domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DCC/19991201/SCRMNTL/blssng_mscrg.htm
The Child: Citizen of Two Worlds www.shc.edu/theolibrary/resources/child.htm
Children's Rights www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v3n1/children.html
Honour Your Father and Mother:4th Commandment www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a4.htm
Blessings for Children www.ewtn.com/library/FAMILY/BLESCHIL.TXT
Whatever Happened to Limbo? www.ctkph.org/homilies/homilies2001/homily4min111101.htm
Limbo - Consigned to History Books www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1897480.00.html
Parents Anointed as Teachers
www.domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DCC/19980501/ESSAY/PARENTS.HTM
Mary as Model Catechist for Parents
www.therealpresence.org/archives/Marian_Catechist/Marian_Catechist_001.htm
Challenging Children to Chastity - A Parental Guide www.ewtn.com/library/FAMILY/CCC.TXT
Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a6.htm
Annulment: There Never Was A Marriage
www.catholicapologetics.org/ap060700.htm#ap060701
Divorce and Remarriage www.scripturecatholic.com/divorce_remarriage.html
Women www.catholic.net/RCC/POPE/HopeBook/chap33.html
The Dignity of Women www.wf-f.org/03-3-DignityofWomen.html
Affirmation for Catholic Women www.wf-f.org/EngAff.html
The Wife Desired www.ewtn.com/library/MARRIAGE/WIFEDESR.TXT
Mary's 'hidden life' is example to mothers www.cin.org/jp2/jp970129.html
The Sanctity of Human Life www.therealpresence.org/archives/Pro_Life/Pro_Life_004.htm
Feminism and Abortion www.christendom-awake.org/pages/may/feminismabortion.htm
Feminism and the Unraveling of the Social Bond www.wf-f.org/04-3-Feminism.html
God's fatherhood is basis of the family www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2FATH.HTM
The Mission of Fatherhood: "To Reveal and Live on Earth
the Very Fatherhood of God" www.christendom-awake.org/pages/may/father.htm
The Role and Responsibility of Fatherhood - St. Joseph as Model
www.therealpresence.org/archives/Josephology/Josephology_003.htm
The Man for Her www.ewtn.com/library/MARRIAGE/MAN4HER.TXT
Wives Be Subject to Your Husbands www.catholic.com/thisrock/2004/0407fea2.asp
The Importance of Fathers in Our Search for God www.wf-f.org/searchforgod.html
Men, Women, and the Prodigal Father www.wf-f.org/womenandmen.html
A Last Vocation - to Grow Old Gracefully www.wf-f.org/03-2-LastVocation.html
Ten Ways to Be a Better Grandparent
www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Sep1999/feature2.asp
The Family Archives www.therealpresence.org/archives/Family.htm
QUIZ:
Marriage www.usccb.org/catechism/quizzes/marriage.htm
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