Dating & Singles

Where Will You Go on Your Honeymoon?

by Michael S. Rose June 7, 2006

Two days after I was married in January 1994, my bride and I left our hometown of Cincinnati for New England. I was in between semesters in my first year of graduate school. With all our belongings stuffed into a…

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Men and Women at War

by Mary Beth Bonacci May 17, 2006

Okay, it’s time to start talking about all of this fascinating “men and women” stuff that I’ve been alluding to in recent columns.
My latest round of interest in the topic was sparked by a segment I heard on Dennis…

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Windows to Heaven

by Michael S. Rose May 3, 2006

Light has made the world visible since the first day of Creation. “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.” According to…

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True Lies The Myths That Hollywood Tells

by Tim Drake April 26, 2006

When the Oscar nominees were counted up, and it didn’t look promising. First, Brokeback Mountain, the film that normalized homosexual behavior through the American western genre, led the pack with four nominations. And Felicity Huffman was up for best actress…

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Alone

by Mary Beth Bonacci April 19, 2006

I know — you haven’t seen me in a while. It’s a long story. But since we have plenty of space here, and the story ties in nicely with the point of this column, I’m going to tell it.
On…

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Is Debt Keeping You From Marriage?

by Brian Barcaro April 12, 2006

In almost seven years of running an online service for singles, I have been asked almost every question imaginable when it comes to dating. Most of the time, I don’t feel qualified to answer them — running a website does…

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A Secret to Finding Your Spouse

by Stephanie Wood April 5, 2006

It’s not uncommon for single Catholics to feel frustrated about meeting people who share the same values and ideals. Even if you are fortunate to have a solid circle of friends or at least people in your community who actively…

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Seven Devotions

by Tim Drake March 29, 2006

If you’re anything like me, your life is a constant blur of activity. You’re on the run. Between work, and Church, and commitments to family and friends, it seems as if you have no time for a spiritual life. Or…

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Looking for a Renaissance Man?

by Michael S. Rose March 22, 2006

Long before the hopelessly self-absorbed metrosexual role model was manufactured by Madison Avenue, other codes of conduct defined the male sex. In response to the increasing frequency of barbarism and feudal wars during the Middle Ages, for example, the Church…

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Lessons from the Well

by Stephanie Wood March 9, 2006

Her courtship and marriage is one of the classic love stories of all time. She is honored as one of the most heroic women of the Bible, a forerunner of the Virgin Mary, the “Mother of Two Nations,” and the…

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