Category: Marriage/Family

The influential professor and educator John Senior proposed a bottom-up approach to cultural transformation. “Restorations never start in the collapsing tops but always in the dull low places of simple hearts,” he argued in “The Restoration of Christian Culture.” In his biography of Senior, Fr. Francis Bethel added, “Rebuilding culture calls for quiet and hidden work in more human and personal areas; foundations must be rebuilt.”

Be sure you truly know your fiancé before making that life-long commitment. Knowing about his or her understanding of certain topics like his or her spiritual life and history is key, as well as understanding how he or she views your relationship, the institution of marriage, gender roles, finances, communication, and parenthood are important.

Reports from Singapore shows that the country’s birth rate for 2025 was just 0.87 children per woman — a historic low.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Indranee Rajah called for a “marriage and parenthood reset,” and said the government will be focusing on promoting marriage and family life, and calling for employers to adopt more family-friendly policies.

“Cooking is really important because it’s important for family cohesion, for a sense of community,” observed Secretary Kennedy. “It’s a daily, almost sacred ritual. Taking that away from our lives has amplified the spiritual malaise that we’re in.”
“Today, 38% of teens are diabetic or pre-diabetic.”

It is well documented that fertility has dropped below replacement level for two-thirds, and likely up to three-fourths, of the world’s countries. Leading demographers are reporting this decline is happening faster than many global authorities acknowledge.
This is a very serious problem. You cannot maintain a growing, improving civilization without a growing population.

Prime Minister Holness released a statement on X to address what he had been rumored to say about the country’s falling birth rate, in an effort to set the record straight. “It may shock you to learn that since 2018, our birth rate has fallen by 24 percent,” he said. “You need to be growing by at least 2.1% to be at replacement.”

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address hit several important policy areas, but even though there was no specific mention of the country’s declining marriage rates and “birth dearth,” the concerns of families were a major theme.

A true friendship between spouses is one of the deepest and most beautiful relationships in human life. We don’t always speak of the relationship between married or dating individuals as a friendship, but it can be considered a type of friendship.