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During the July 26 webinar entitled, "Dignity and Dementia: Mapping the Church's Response to the Coming Crisis," Charles Camosy, author and associate professor of bioethics at Fordham University, said that COVID-19 has given society an opportunity to finally start talking openly and honestly about issues related to those who have dementia. In his recent book, "Losing Our Dignity," he challenges society to move forward with urgency and choose a path with clear social and moral benefits before the upcoming crisis spirals out of control.

When we first married, my wife, Misty, and I were the typical secular couple. We relied on hormonal contraception. Due to bad side effects, that didn’t last long. Misty found out about Natural Family Planning (NFP) through a Catholic friend. Admittedly, I was suspicious of all the “hocus pocus” involving thermometers at o’ dark-thirty in the morning and observations written down in cryptic symbols on the NFP chart. That would all change in surprising ways once we got into living the NFP lifestyle.

To have … To hold … To honor, Natural Family Planning, Supporting God’s gifts of love and life in marriage” is the theme of this year’s national Natural Family Planning Awareness Week (July 25–31, 2021), an educational campaign of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to celebrate God’s design for married love and the gift of life and to raise awareness of Natural Family Planning (NFP) methods.

Incarnate Word Academy welcomes Kevin Steen to Angel Territory as the new Athletic Director. Steen is a licensed athletic trainer and TSATA Sports Medicine certified instructor with considerable experience creating a positive, Christ-centered atmosphere for athletes, coaches, staff, and parents.

These twelve proposals are just some possible ways we can commit to the pastoral care of the family in light of the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia. Each ecclesial reality is invited to consider which of these proposals can be developed or implemented at a local level, according to its own conditions and needs.

12 propuestas y sugerencias para una pastoral familiar a la luz de la exhortación apostólica "Amoris Laetitia". Se invita a cada realidad eclesial a tomar en consideración aquellas que crea posible poner en práctica o implementar a nivel local, según sus propias condiciones y necesidades.