Resources

How pastors must instruct Christian faithful about the meaning of the Sacrament of Matrimony and the function of Christian spouses and parents
– Marriage Preparation Checklist
– Exhortation before Marriage

For Your Marriage (US Conference of Catholic Bishops)

– The Sacrament of Reconciliation for Married Persons

Beloved: Finding Happiness in Marriage, on Formed.org

Witness to Love, a virtues-based, Catechumenate formation for matrimony

Unveiled, Discovering the Great Mystery in Your Marriage, a series by the John Paul II Healing Centre

Joy-filled Marriage, course by Ascension Press

Renewed: 7 Steps for an Amazing Marriage – 7 Steps · 21 Videos – Challenge Questions, from Real Life Catholic

The Chastity Project, for authentic love

Navigating Engagement, Marriage, Motherhood with Emily Wilson Ministries

Blessed is She, resources for Catholic women

Knights of Columbus – The Mission of the Family, about Catholic men and families leading lives in virtue and faith in today’s

The Catholic Gentleman – including their questions to ask before marriage

Love / Hate Natural Family Planning

The Happy Girl’s Guide to Being Whole, by Teresa Kenney, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, Naprotechnology trained Medical Consultant

Articles

The Beautiful Institution: The Story of Marriage in Seven Key Moments, by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.

Remember, you made a vow to guard her soul, by Marlon De La Torre

The Marriage Covenant, by Father William Saunders

Holy Matrimony, Sanctified Bodies, and Sacramental Grace, by Peter Kwasniewski

Scepter and Crown, Jewel and Cross: Reflections on Woman and the Church, by Prof. Catherine Pakaluk

Declaring for or against fatherhood, by Michael Pakaluk

Praying together as a couple

Books

Mere Marriage: Sexual Difference and Christian Doctrine, by Andrew D. Cannon

Mission of Love: A Sacramental Journey to Marital Success

Love and Responsibility, by Saint John Paul II (see overview by Edward Sri)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – Sacrament of Matrimony

Supports

John Paul II Healing Center, for healing from life’s traumas

Redbird Ministries, for healing after miscarriage

Elizabeth Ministry, faith-based, peer support after loss of a baby during pregnancy, at birth, ​in infancy and toddlerhood

Project Rachel

Rachel’s Vineyard – healing retreats

Magdala Ministries

Victory

Shift your phone from doomscrolling, to have more time for your marriage and life in prayer, or Escape, the free way to escape from the evils coming through your phone.

Or, joinrelay.app to recover from such addictions.

Catholic convert comedian Shayne Smith comments on the difference between the Sacrament of Matrimony and secular marriage – see this youtube clip, caution, rough language.