July 2020

Alphonsus Liguori United 2 Purposes of Marital Act

Many of us know that the teachings of the Church on marital love are founded on the inseparable connection between the two meanings of the conjugal act: the unitive meaning and the procreative meaning (HV #12). Less well-known is that it took centuries and the teaching of several doctors of the Church for this foundational…

Cultivating a New Creation

We are just getting back to work as Ohio slowly lifts its “stay at home” orders. We continue to pray for you and yours–asking for Our Lord’s protection and healing. It is strangely quiet at the Holy Spirit Retreat Center where our office is now located. As we clean and dust our office, we are…

More than just a Fertility Awareness Method

I love that the Couple to Couple League (CCL) has never just taught the Sympto-Thermal Method. Why? Because to practice a fertility awareness method of family planning successfully, you need more than head knowledge. CCL has always been structured to provide whatever couples need live out the call to marital love as God designed. And…