Empowerment & Leadership
A Fertile Heart: Giving and Receiving Creative Love
A Fertile Heart is a faith inspired programme of study that offers schools, especially those with a strong Christian identity, a new way of approaching personal, social and moral development that invites teachers and pupils to explore together the big questions of life; — what does it means to be human; why does sexual difference matter and what lies at the heart of authentic personal dignity? The content reinforces universal values of personal development, growth in character, mutual respect, love and patience and thus compliments good Religious education as well as parochial catechesis of the young for the sacraments of initiation. It aims to contribute to the challenge laid before us by Pope Francis that there be an “Education in Hope” (Amoris Laetitia) within which a sound response to the need for wholesome sexuality education can take shape.
A Marriage-Affirming Parish
The most important part of a marriage-friendly community is cultivating an affirming and empowering mentality towards married couples. They
Marriage without men!
I was sitting in mass one Sunday in the summer of 2003, with me were my wife and 4
Principles of Nuptial Formation for Adolescents
Ninety-three percent of Australian youth want to have children later in life.[1] This datum, coupled with the sobering divorce
Pornicious: White Paper from IPS
The Impact of Pornography on Children and Families IPS: Institute of Psychological Sciences A Catholic
BreakThrough workshop offers hope for embattled marriages
The Marriage Resource Centre held it's BreakThrough workshop for gridlocked marriages in Pennant Hills - with great results. People
One Flesh: Looking for the Way
In his book, One Flesh, published in 1980, Fr Chuck Gallagher explores the role of Matrimony in the life of
Sacred Sexuality: Energising the Prophetic Role of Matrimony
How does one present the wisdom of the Church to mainstream Catholics and families in today’s culture? Since the
Address to Clergy on Pornography
This is the transcript of a talk given to Clergy by Fr Anthony Percy. “Ironically, pornography has become almost
SmartLoving Workshops
A series of free-standing half-day workshops for couples These three-four hour workshops are run by MRC’s trained presenters and include
A Goal for Marriage Preparation
Central importance of Christian marriage in the evangelizing role of the family. The focus of this meeting is to
Together Apart – Attachment Style in Marriage
How do our earliest relationships influence our adult relationships? Attachment theory provides powerful insights into how our attachment style,