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Marriage…<br />
Unique For a Reason:<br />
Why Marriage Matters<br />
The Basis of Civilization<br />
By Dale Ahlquist<br />
“Ideals,” says G.K. Chesterton, “are the most practical things in the world.” This is why we still defend<br />
the family. This is why we insist on the ideal of marriage as a permanent union between one man and<br />
one woman, which creates the only proper setting for bringing new souls into the world, and that this<br />
purely natural act should not be interfered with.<br />
The social trends have steadily moved in the opposite direction from this ideal in the last century. It is<br />
no longer a matter of a few loud critics getting a little testy at our quaint ideas of morality; we have<br />
gone past being attacked to being brazenly ignored. But if the society at large does not understand<br />
the moral arguments for the family, perhaps it will gain some appreciation for the practical<br />
arguments.<br />
An economy based on the family is self-sustaining. Its focus is on the nurturing and training of children<br />
and not on the mere acquisition of goods. The family ideal as defended by Chesterton is something<br />
quite different than the industrialized consumer family, where the family members leave the house<br />
each morning by the clock and on a strict schedule to pursue work and recreation and the majority of<br />
life outside the home. Chesterton’s ideal was the productive home with its creative kitchen, its busy<br />
workshop, its fruitful garden, and its central role in entertainment, education, and livelihood. Unlike<br />
the industrial home, life in a productive household is not amenable to scheduling and anything but<br />
predictable.<br />
Theology of the Body Conference<br />
You are cordially invited by<br />
His Excellency Bishop Michael Hoeppner<br />
and the Diocese of Crookston<br />
to an introduction to<br />
Blessed Pope John Paul II<br />
Theology of the Body<br />
Saturday, <strong>July</strong> 14, <strong>2012</strong><br />
Cathedral of the Immaculate<br />
Conception, Crookston,<br />
Join renowned author and speaker Christopher West<br />
for this introduction, which is a bold, organic and<br />
contemporary understanding of human love and the<br />
divine plan. For more information and registration,<br />
please visit www.crookston.org/TOB or call the<br />
Office of Marriage, Family Life and Youth Ministry.<br />
Tel: (218) 281-4533<br />
Learning About Jesus<br />
Through the School of Mary<br />
We continue to take pictures for our new Pictorial<br />
Directory. Families with college students– please try<br />
to make your appointment before your child goes off<br />
to college! Family pets are welcomed! If you can‟t<br />
sign up after the Masses, you may contact the Parish<br />
Office at 847-1393 to schedule your appointment.<br />
Please call during business hours of 800–4:30.<br />
With the new Parish Directory soon to be published<br />
we hope to have our Parish Data Base accurate.<br />
If you have changed your phone number, address,<br />
marital status or e-mail address, contact Mary at<br />
847-1393, e-mail her at mhager@holyrosarycc.org.<br />
New to our Parish and haven’t registered yet? Just<br />
stop in the Parish Office and fill out the simple registration<br />
form. Or call us and we can mail you one! We<br />
look forward to meeting you and letting you know<br />
about all the opportunities our Catholic Community<br />
offers. We would also like to include you in our new<br />
Parish Directory!<br />
Young Adults...If you are out of a high school and<br />
you attend <strong>Holy</strong> <strong>Rosary</strong>, you may to register as an<br />
individual family.<br />
The only thing surprising about this ideal is that it was once shared by almost everyone. Children used<br />
to be considered an asset; at some point they began to be seen as a liability. Chesterton says that<br />
every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things. The obvious things are the ordinary things,<br />
and we have forgotten them. The modern world that we have created has brought with it great strain<br />
and stress so that even the things that normal men have normally desired are no longer desirable:<br />
“marriage and fair ownership and worship and the mysterious worth of man.” Those are the normal<br />
and ordinary things. Those are the things we have lost, and we need to recover them.<br />
“The disintegration of rational society,” says Chesterton, “started in the drift from the hearth and the<br />
family; the solution must be a drift back.”<br />
For more information visit these sites:<br />
w www.mncc.org<br />
w www.minnesotaformarriage.com<br />
Remember: to cast a ballot and not vote on the Marriage Amendment<br />
is the same as a “No” vote.<br />
August 25, <strong>2012</strong><br />
Cathedral of the<br />
Immaculate Conception<br />
Crookston, MN<br />
8:30 am – 9:00 pm<br />
<strong>Holy</strong> Mass - Eucharistic Procession – <strong>Rosary</strong> –<br />
Adoration –<br />
Presentations: The Joyful Mysteries – Breakfast –<br />
Lunch –Supper – Sacred Heart Bookstore<br />
Featuring<br />
Msgr. David Baumgartner,<br />
Vicar General<br />
Diocese of Crookston<br />
Crookston, MN<br />
Rev. Vincent Miller,<br />
Rector<br />
Cathedral of the Immaculate<br />
Conception<br />
Crookston, MN<br />
Rev. Joseph Christensen,<br />
FMI Rev. Superior,<br />
Franciscans of Mary Immaculate<br />
Warsaw, ND<br />
Registration<br />
Deadline:<br />
Friday, Aug. 10, <strong>2012</strong><br />
Registration forms are<br />
available at<br />
www.crookstoncathedral.org<br />
or in individual parishes.<br />
For more information<br />
contact<br />
Deb at Cathedral Church<br />
218-281-1735
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