St. Mary Catholic Church Solon, Iowa
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Marriage

Marriage

Click HERE to learn about celebrating your marriage at St. Mary

Support for Marriages

  • Marriage on Tap
  • Natural Family Planning
  • How to Pray as a Couple
  • Marriage Enrichment
     

And the Two Shall Become One

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Marriage between a baptized man and a baptized woman is a sacrament.
This means that the bond between husband and wife is a visible sign
of the sacrificial love of Christ for his Church. As a sacrament,
marriage gives spouses the grace they need to love each other
generously, in imitation of Christ.





What is marriage?

Are a man and a woman really essential to marriage?
What about the child … and the role of mothers and fathers?
Is it discriminatory to defend marriage as the union of one man and one woman?
What impact does the redefinition of marriage have on religious liberty?
These are just a few of the many questions about marriage today.
They all hinge upon the first question: What is marriage? When the answer to this question is understood, everything else falls into its proper place.

LEARN MORE AT   MARRIAGE Unique for a Reason

Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, love is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails. ...
So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
                                    Corinthians: 13:4-13
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  • Home
  • Contribute Online
  • Weekly Bulletin
  • About Us
    • History
    • Tour of Church & Parish Hall
    • Our Pastor
    • Staff
    • Pastoral Council
    • Mission Statement
    • Harvest Festival
  • New Members
  • Parish Ministries
    • Culture of Life >
      • Culture of Life Events
    • Church Life
    • Stewardship
    • Faith Formation >
      • K-6th Grade
      • First Communion & Reconciliation
      • 7th Grade
      • 8th & 9TH Grade Confirmation
      • High School | Youth Group
      • Adult Faith Formation
      • Vacation Bible School
    • Family Life
    • Parish Nurse Ministries
    • Social Action
    • Finance Council
    • Worship & Spirituality
    • Helping Hands
    • Knights of Columbus
    • Order of Forestors
  • Prayer & Sacraments
    • Sacraments >
      • First Communion
    • Mass Ministries & Schedule
    • Prayer & Faith Resources
    • Church Seasons & Celebrations
  • Marriage & Family
    • Marriage
    • Troubled Marriages and Divorced
    • Fathers
    • Mothers
    • Children
    • Parents of Young Children
    • Parents of Teens & Preteens
    • Grandparents
  • Links
    • Catholic Lane
    • Vatican
    • Mass Times for Travelers
    • Catechism
    • New American Bible
    • On the Culture
    • Human Dignity
    • United States Bishops
    • Diocese of Davenport