Posts by Bridget Richardson
Forever Love: Sharon Goh
Sharon Goh helps couples in her Archdiocese prepare for marriage, so she's seen a thing or two.
From the Archdiocese of Vancouver in Canada, Sharon and Bridget Richardson, Executive Producer of MAX Studios, discuss what marriage preparation is like in Vancouver and how she facilitates nearly all of the sessions in her Archdiocese. Sharon how sharing marriage milestones are important and how walking with couples through the first few years of marriage is vital to marriages thriving.
This interview is bonus content from the Marriage Catechumenate Summit that took place at Circle Lake Retreat Center near Houston, Texas in June 2023. This continues a series of interviews with Catholic marriage experts in North America who attended the summit. A mini-documentary of the summit will be released at the end of the interview series.
Catholic Vancouver: Resources for Marriage and Family Life
BOLD Season Recap Spectacular
This season of BOLD was so much fun! We had eight incredible guests that lived their life with passion. In this last episode of the season, Isabel breaks down this season and goes behind the scenes. She also introduces the amazing people that work on BOLD. Make sure to watch this never before seen, behind the scenes video.
Forever Love: Julia Dezelski
From Julia Dezelski's vantage point, while the U.S. is very different state to state, the challenges and opportunities facing marriages are the same.
Julia Dezelski, Assistant Director for Marriage, Family and Laity at United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), sits down with Darnell Miller, Creative Director of MAX Studios at University of St. Thomas-Houston, to discuss the Marriage Catechumenate Summit and the state of marriage in the U.S. Julia shares how she thinks the foundation of revitalizing marriage in the U.S. begins with children and the family, and how the bishops support and challenge the laity to be advocates for this special vocation.
This interview is bonus content from the Marriage Catechumenate Summit that took place at Circle Lake Retreat Center near Houston, Texas in June 2023. This continues a series of interviews with Catholic marriage experts in North America who attended the summit. A mini-documentary of the summit will be released at the end of the interview series.
USCCB COMMITTEE: Laity, Marriage, Family Life, & Youth
Called to the Joy of Love: National Pastoral Framework for Marriage and Family Life Ministry
Forever Love: J.P. DeGance
Studying the rise and fall of marriage in the U.S. has helped J.P. DeGance understand what is at the core of people leaving Christian churches.
MAX Studios Creative Director Darnell Miller talks with J.P. DeGance, author, researcher and President and Founder of Communio, about his findings from the Nationwide Study on Faith & Relationships and how we can do better to serve the loneliest people in church pews.
This interview is bonus content from the Marriage Catechumenate Summit that took place at Circle Lake Retreat Center near Houston, Texas in June 2023. This continues a series of interviews with Catholic marriage experts in North America who attended the Marriage Catechumenate Summit. A mini-documentary of the summit will be released at the end of the interview series.
The Nationwide Study on Faith and Relationships
J.P. DeGance on Jacksonville’s Divorce Decline: 5 Questions With Family Studies
Finding Your Groove
Wedding Day Perspective
Forever Love: Bishop Brendan Cahill
Marriage enrichment encompasses more than just the couple - it's the whole family. Following an energetic small group discussion at the Marriage Catechumenate Summit, Bishop Brendan Cahill, in the Diocese of Victoria, TX, discusses how to evangelize the whole family.
This interview is bonus content from the Marriage Catechumenate Summit that took place at Circle Lake Retreat Center near Houston, Texas in June 2023. Bishop Cahill shares about the value of engaging young families and how it's important to take seriously the questions of young people, and even teaching them philosophy.
This is a part of a series of interviews with Catholic marriage experts in North America who attended the Marriage Catechumenate Summit. A mini-documentary of the summit will be released at the end of the interview series.
Forever Love: Mary-Rose and Ryan Verret
A movement starts with a movement … by the Holy Spirit. Mary-Rose and Ryan Verret saw the decline of marriages all around them and decided they wanted to do something about it. With fervent prayer and steadfast obedience, they founded Witness to Love, a marriage movement that has changed countless lives and transformed marriages around the world.
After speaking at the World Meeting of Families in Rome in 2022, they had a dream to have a summit where marriage experts from around North America could brainstorm ways to better serve couples in their marriage preparation process. With the help of thoughtful donors, like the Scanlan Foundation, their dream became a reality.
This interview is bonus content from the Marriage Catechumenate Summit that took place at Circle Lake Retreat Center near Houston, Texas in June 2023. Mary-Rose and Ryan share about Witness to Love, the impact of a catechumenate model on marriage and how this summit came to be a reality. This begins a series of interviews with Catholic marriage experts in North America who attended the Marriage Catechumenate Summit. A mini-documentary of the summit will be released at the end of the interview series.
