Families

Through new program, Trinity Health aims to provide veterans with health care they deserve

In June, Trinity Health officially launched a new Military and Veterans Health Program, with the motto “serving you as you served us,” to provide high-quality, culturally sensitive health care to military service members, veterans and their families.
New resource packet helps parishes minister to people experiencing domestic violence

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington recently released a domestic violence pastoral resource packet titled Listen with Love, aimed at equipping parishes to recognize and respond to people experiencing domestic violence in their communities.
Delegates from U.S. offer their perspectives at synod

Young people today are telling Catholic leaders that if they want to persuade the young to follow Christ and pursue a vocation, church leaders must be models of Gospel behavior, said the head of the De La Salle Christian Brothers.
'Every Life: Cherished, Chosen, Sent' is theme of Respect Life Month

Each year the U.S. Catholic Church observes October as Respect Life Month, which calls Catholics "to cherish, defend and protect those who are most vulnerable, from the beginning of life to its end, and at every point in between," said the chairman of the bishops' pro-life committee.
Insight: Blessings received at the World Meeting of Families

After three years of careful preparation by all the Catholic dioceses in Ireland, the ninth World Meeting of Families finally arrived in August, and I had the honor to attend representing our Archdiocese of Washington.
At world gathering, Pope Francis encourages families to begin ‘a revolution of love’

During the Festival of Families in Dublin’s Croke Park Stadium on Aug. 25, Pope Francis told the Catholic families from around the world, “God wants every family to be a beacon of joy of His love to our world.”
New Philadelphia women's center offers 'authentic Catholic health care'

As a nursing student at Syracuse University, Barbara Rose had to study contraception so that she could instruct women in its use -- something her deeply held Catholic faith wouldn't let her do.
At annual Mass and picnic, Cardinal Wuerl thanks seminarians’ families for their support

Archdiocesan seminarians preparing for ordination as holy priests are young men of virtue responding to God’s call and should not lose hope in spite of challenges facing the Church or any that they may encounter on their vocational journey, said Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl.
Director of Archdiocese’s Family Life Office to attend World Meeting of Families in Dublin

The 2018 World Meeting of Families will take place in Dublin, Ireland from Aug. 21-26, with the theme “The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World.” The event, held every three years, will bring together families from all across the globe.
Couple struggling with infertility lives twofold purpose of marriage by saying ‘yes’ to God

For a long time, Connie Poulos did not read Humanae Vitae because she was afraid it would be painful as someone who struggles with infertility. It was only when she was recently asked to read the document for her work as a digital media specialist at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that she finally cracked open the pages.
Birth of an encyclical: Priest documents preparation of ‘Humanae Vitae’

Documents in the Vatican Secret Archives and the archives of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith prove it was a “myth” that Blessed Paul VI largely set out on his own in writing “Humanae Vitae,” the 1968 encyclical on married love and the regulation of births.
A conversation about ‘Humanae Vitae’ may finally be possible

Blessed Paul VI’s encyclical came out just as the sexual revolution was picking up steam, well on its way to becoming a dominant force in Western culture.
What does the church teach about ‘responsible parenthood’?

The Catholic Church’s teaching on responsible parenthood is often overlooked, or simply unknown.
Cardinal calls 'timeless truths' in 'Humanae Vitae' a gift to church

Fifty years ago in issuing his encyclical "Humanae Vitae," Blessed Paul VI "reaffirmed the beautiful truth that a husband and wife are called to give themselves completely to each other," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
How a non-Catholic couple discovered 'Humanae Vitae'

I stood at the desk in my college apartment, holding a box of birth control pills. As I read the instructions, the lengthy list of side effects made me hesitate.

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