Marriage and Family Resources
There are so many Catholic resources out there for pre-marriage, marriage, and families (your family begins the moment you get married)! This is definitely going to be a constant work in progress. As the list grows, we pray that you won’t be intimidated by it all, as we once were by how much is out there. See it as a blessing! Our faith has such a rich depository to choose from that can speak to each of our unique circumstances, needs, and seasons. So don’t feel like you have to be involved in everything here to have a fruitful journey! We are firm believers that when you’re heart is open to the journey, God will lead you to what will help you each step of the way. For us personally, we find ourselves diving into different prayers and resources depending on our season.
If you have any resources, prayers, devotions, etc. that you’d like to share, we’d love to post it here!
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Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
Based on the Montessori education approach, Catechesis of the Good Shepherd provides a unique approach to faith formation for kiddos ages 3-12. CGS could be integrated into a parish, school, and even be used by parents at home. Click here for their homepage for ‘CGS in the Home’, for parents and families.
Catholic Homeschool Connections
Homeschooling central for Catholic families looking to homeschool their kids with courses (live and recorded) rooted in faith, with engaged instructors, for Grades 3 through High School. All we’ve heard are wonderful reviews about Homeschool Connections and the community it has as well!
Catholic Psych Institute
Our mental health plays such a vital role in being able to live the life that God desires for us. CPI offers a new method of treatment called Integrated Daily Dialogue Mentorship (IDDM) that brings together Catholic anthropology and psychological science, to go beyond the conventional therapy most familiar to us.
Discerning Hearts
Here you’ll find a treasure-trove of catholic podcasts to help dive deeper into Catholic spirituality, the faith, and its teachings. Our journey is on-going and it’s more than healthy to ask questions along the way. You can’t love what and who you don’t know! And as life circumstances shift, so will our spiritual lives and Discerning Hearts has a create collection of content to help feed the journeying heart.
Retrouvaille Program
This is a program open to all with the mission to help married couples struggling in their marriage, beginning with a couple-focused weekend experience to help couples with communication, forgiveness, and trust. Check out this interview with a Retrouvaille Leader couple that saved their marriage and have helped others (even when divorced) find their way back to each other.
Vatican News
A Catholic news source for headlines, articles, events, prayers, and more covering not just the Vatican, but the Church around the world, with the beautiful intention to bring the hope of faith to all. We all know how most news sources can make us feel. With Vatican news, you can trust you are receiving trustworthy information that helps you get in touch with the light of faith around the globe.
33 Days to Morning Glory
Sandra and Paul did this consecration journey 33 days before their marriage, where they did the consecration (on Day 33) within their wedding mass. Their relationship with Our Blessed Mother changed and continues to grow because of this book that takes you on a daily journey teaching you about the role Our Mother can play in our lives when we let her, which was admittedly unclear and confusing for Sandra and Paul. The daily reflections and prayers do not take longer than 10 minutes to do each day and is an amazing journey to take as a couple at any point! Consecration to Momma Mary (as Sandra says) can seem intense and scary, but it’s actually quite the opposite! It opens the door to a beautiful relationship that allows her to help us in our spiritual journeys. Momma Mary is truly the secret weapon to vibrantly living out the Catholic faith, as proven by the lives of the many saints that allowed her to walk with them, most familiarly, St. Pope John Paul II. As the first hand witness to her Son’s ministry on earth and ultimately His suffering for us, Our Mother wants nothing more than to help us grow closer to her Son and advocates on our behalf to Him in a way that no one else can.
Covenant Eyes
A sensor app to help those struggling with pornography, that can be used to create a porn-free environment for your family as well as help loved ones who may be battling this addiction. Not only is it a sensor, it also provides educational and coaching content to help those on the journey away from addiction.
Augustine Institute - Catholic Church Explained
A great resource that connects the Catholic faith to the issues and struggles of today and helps us live out the faith more boldly in modern times. You’ll find trustworthy answers to your questions, conversion stories, motivational spiritual direction, and more!
Fitness Blender
We’ve been working out with this couple since their humble beginnings on YouTube! We just find them to be a reliable fitness resource for clean, effective, formal-education-informed workouts - ranging anywhere from intense HIIT routines, weightlifting, low-impact, yoga, pilates, prenatal - you name it! They have plenty available for free too, which is so generous of them!
Into the Breach
An amazing short video series for men, emphasizing the role of the Catholic faith in fatherhood and living out true masculinity.
Listen-and-Pray Rosary
So much can be said about the Rosary and the impact of us having a devotion to our Dearest Mother Mary. We will definitely have Set Apart episodes about Momma Mary and this devotion that we will post here when they are published. In the meanwhile, this is a webpage we came to often to listen and pray the rosary. We really enjoy the meditations they provide as you pray for each of the different themed rosaries they have recorded.
Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations
This website is really helpful in getting you acquainted with Scripture, with beautiful thoughtful meditations to help you connect the daily readings to your life. These are the readings that are read globally for Catholic Daily Masses (usually about 30 minutes).
Catholic Engaged Encounter
A marriage prep program for engaged Catholic couples. It includes a weekend retreat held near where you live. For the diocese that Sandra and Paul were married in, it was a required part of their marriage preparation. If you’re going to get married in the Church and it’s not required, we suggest you experience the program nonetheless!
Jackie & Bobby
A wonderful Catholic couple that speaks frankly about how to uphold the gift of sexuality before and in marriage, including discussions on contraceptives, chastity (even in marriage), natural family planning, dealing with a partner’s sexual past, healthy relationships with others of the opposite sex during marriage, and more!
Witness to Love
A comprehensive resource for engaged, married, and civilly married couples to live out their Catholic faith.
Pints with Aquinas
Matt Fradd really does an amazing job bringing on speakers from different faiths, perspectives, and those with deep knowledge of the Catholic Faith. It’s a trusted channel for getting amazing, in-depth answers to questions that we even have about the faith.
Sandra & Paul’s Soundcloud Playlists
We love music! And we came to discover that we needed music to help fill a void when we were transitioning away from music that had lyrics that were not so good for the soul. We needed Soulfood Music! We knew that the contemporary praise and worship scene was always going to be there, but surely there had to be other music out there that we could vibe and dance to! So we created a few playlists on Soundcloud with lo-fi, r&b, soul, afrobeat, reggae, dancehall, soca, house, and funk! The music in the playlists aren’t certifiably Catholic per say, but the artists surely did help us in our journey to the faith and continue to help us stay on track :)
Evening Prayers (Mon-Fri) with Sandra and Paul
Join us on Zoom for virtual Vespers every Monday through Friday at 5:10pm (Arizona time). What are Vespers? These prayers are rooted in the Catholic faith but all are welcome to join. The prayers are taken from the Book of Psalms and various New Testament books in the bible. They are a wonderful way to dive deeper into a life of contemplation, praise, and intercessory prayer.