News - Marriage & Family Life

National Marriage Week will be celebrated February 7-14, with World Marriage Day commemorated on the second Sunday of February (2/14). USCCB has resources available and events to support this year's theme, “To Have, To Hold, To Honor".

The emphasis of Worldwide Marriage Encounter is on communication between husband and wife, who spend a weekend together away from the distractions and the tensions of everyday life, to concentrate on each other. For more information visit www.oaklandwwme.org. 

The Office of Marriage and Family Life is pleased to share Virtual Virtuous Parenting resources including a faith focused enrichment program for homeschooling. Please follow the link to learn more.

Charting Towards Intimacy, a podcast exploring Natural Family Planning, sponsored by the Diocese of Oakland, has a new episode. Visit https://oakdiocese.org/marriage-resources.

In an effort to assist engaged couples during the COVID-19 restrictions, the Office of Marriage & Family Life continues to offer 16 hours of marriage preparation with presenting couples virtually in July and August. For registration, visit www.EastBayCatholic.com.

The Board of the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers will be praying THE Stations of the Cross “Live” (on Friday, June5th at 3pm Eastern Time, 12pm Pacific time) composed by the USCCB in response to racism with reflections from the pastoral letter “Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call To Love.” We invite you to pray with us as we unite as one family before the wounded Christ seeking healing and peace.

The WWME projects seeks to locate and honor the longest married couple (husband and wife) in the country, state winners are also honored. Submission deadline extended to July 31, 2020.