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Marriage and Family

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Marriage and Family introduces students to the Catholic understanding of marriage—the foundational human relationship. It explores the meaning of human sexuality, the origin of marriage "in the beginning," its essence as exclusive and indissoluble, and its elevation to a Sacrament of the New Covenant by Christ.　 We will look at the Church’s teachings on marital sexuality and procreation, especially in the texts of Vatican Council II, Humanae Vitae, and the writings of John Paul II.　 The Church’s teachings on marriage, sexuality, and family seek to reveal the true beauty of married love as an image of Divine love and to assist spouses in fully realizing their calling to follow Christ as husband and wife, mother and father.