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Q&A: Discover passion, purpose and intimacy at October Unveiled retreat

Dec 6, 20243 min read

Q&A: Discover passion, purpose and intimacy at October Unveiled retreat

(Photo courtesy of the John Paul II Healing Center) In March, the Archdiocese of Denver will host an exciting retreat put on by the St....

Married Americans are Thriving, New Study Shows

Denver Catholic Staff

Apr 12, 20241 min read

Married Americans are Thriving, New Study Shows

In a world punctuated by declining marriage rates, a new study recently published by Gallup has shown again that married Americans are...

Chris and Natalie Stefanick to launch ‘Renewed’ marriage program April 1

Denver Catholic Staff

Mar 21, 20241 min read

Chris and Natalie Stefanick to launch ‘Renewed’ marriage program April 1

Photo: Real Life Catholic Those who are married know that marriage is one of the most beautiful things in the world. It’s also one of the...

A Holy Matrimony | The new Denver Catholic magazine is here!

Denver Catholic Staff

Feb 7, 20241 min read

A Holy Matrimony | The new Denver Catholic magazine is here!

National Marriage Week starts today, Feb. 7, and goes through Feb. 14, with the Church celebrating World Marriage Day on Feb. 11. What...

Archbishop Aquila: Pope’s Invitation to Families—Live the Gospel

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila

May 9, 20165 min read

Archbishop Aquila: Pope’s Invitation to Families—Live the Gospel

Two weeks ago I issued a statement saying that I would study Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, “ Amoris Laetitia ,” or “The Joy of...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila

Oct 19, 20156 min read

Did Thomas More and John Fisher die for nothing?

The idea that Catholics should be allowed to remarry and receive communion did not begin with the letter signed by Cardinal Kasper and...

Matt and Mindy Dalton

May 21, 20153 min read

Being together when you’re apart

This is a common scenario we see in our marriage coaching: the husband travels each week for his job while the wife is responsible for...

Matt and Mindy Dalton

Apr 21, 20152 min read

Four little words to make your marriage last

Seven years ago, I was having the worst thoughts about the one I was supposed to love the most, Matt. We were headed for a weekend away...

Matt and Mindy Dalton

Mar 10, 20153 min read

Not always as it appears

Marriages are usually not ruined overnight. One or the other usually does not wake up one morning and say, “I am miserable in this...

Matt and Mindy Dalton

Feb 9, 20153 min read

What makes a true valentine

Many years ago when I was in the business world, I often got together with another gentleman whom I looked up to greatly, as he was the...

Matt and Mindy Dalton

Jan 15, 20153 min read

Say ‘I do’ to 3 New Year’s resolutions for couples

Now that we all have lost five pounds since implementing better eating and a new workout routine, and started a new budget for the year...

Matt and Mindy Dalton

Dec 9, 20143 min read

‘Silent Night’: more than a carol at our house

As our evening as a family comes to a close, look at all of the technology that distracts us from just “being” together as a family....

Matt and Mindy Dalton

Nov 11, 20143 min read

When our idea of ‘getting ahead’ changed

During the first five years of our marriage, our relationship could be described as utilitarian; what’s in it for me? And that is the...

Matt and Mindy Dalton

Oct 9, 20143 min read

The Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life

We entered marriage in 1991 with our own ideas dominating our thoughts and actions of what marriage was all about, specifically the...

Matt and Mindy Dalton

Aug 26, 20143 min read

Jumping for joy: for love, for mercy, for life

In the late spring of 1967, a single, young, energetic, smart, musical and athletic woman growing up on the East Coast found herself...

Matt and Mindy Dalton

Jul 25, 20143 min read

When the ‘I do’s’ get stormy

Picking the most beautiful parish, hiring the most talented musicians, the freshest flowers, bridesmaid dresses that reflect the color of...

Matt and Mindy Dalton

Jun 18, 20142 min read

Take courage, men of God

“Cat’s in the Cradle,” a 1970s hit song by Harry Chapin, begins with a father trying to find time for his newborn son: “There were planes...

Matt and Mindy Dalton

May 7, 20143 min read

In honor of the beauty of ‘woman’: mothers, sisters and brides

It was early in our marriage that I, Matt, treated Mindy more like an object than as a helpmate—I was selfish. My own mother sensed a...