NATIONAL PASTORAL INITIATIVE ON MARRIAGE
For Your Marriage Website is Launched!
Committee on Marriage and Family Life
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
In the NATIONAL PASTORAL INITIATIVE FOR MARRIAGE (NPIM) the U.S. Catholic bishops call attention to the meaning and value of married life for the Church and for society. Bringing Catholic belief into dialogue with contemporary needs, the bishops urge the Catholic Church to become a community of hope and help for marriages and to join others in building a culture of marriage. The Initiative weaves together the Catholic faith tradition and its pastoral practice, the data of social science, and the experience of married couples to offer guidance and resources, including a pastoral letter, in order to promote, strengthen, sustain and restore marriages.
- What's New
- Marriage in the Catholic Church: A Survey of U.S. Catholics
- Full Report including Executive Summary
- Bishops Marriage and Family Subcommittee Response
- Press Release
- For Your Marriage Website Launched!
- Press Release on Launch of "For Your Marriage" Campaign
Year-End Reports on the Initiative
First Year Report
Second Year Report
Third Year Report
Overview
Mission, Goals, Timeline
Origins of the Initiative
NPIM Questions and Answers
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Consultations, Studies and Reports Associated with NPIM
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National and regional consultation
Dialogue with social scientists and theologians
Theological Colloquium on the Sacramentality of Marriage
Consultation with canonists and tribunal staff
Consultation on the practice of marriage preparation
Consultation on Sustaining and Enriching Marriages
In collaboration with dioceses
Summary of diocesan pastoral letters on marriage
Analysis of diocesan marriage preparation policies
Diocesan focus groups with married couples
Diocesan focus groups with Priests
Research Report
Marriage in the Catholic Church: A Survey of U.S. Catholics
Public Awareness and Education
"Making a Case for Marriage" - Topics and Talking Points
The National Pastoral Initiative on Marriage: Six Next Steps by Bp. Joseph E. Kurtz
Taking the Initiative for Marriage by H. Richard McCord
Marriage-related information
Selected statistics on marriage and family
Q&A on marriage
Survey of diocesan marriage programs
Stories of marriage ministries
Healthy marriage initiative (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
"Everybody's Welcome" - Marriage and Family Initiative, First Phase 2006 (Catholic Bishops of England and Wales)
"Home is a Holy Place" - Marriage and Family Initiative, Second Phase 2007 (Catholic Bishops of England and Wales
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