“Thus a man and a woman, who by the marriage covenant of conjugal love ‘are no longer two, but one flesh’ (Mt 19:6) render mutual help and service to each other through an intimate union of their persons and of their actions.”
       -Second Vatican Council
        Gaudium et Spes (Joy and Hope, the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World), 48

The Diocese of Scranton is joyfully committed to celebrating and supporting sacramental marriages.  Marriages create families, and families are the Body of Christ, peopling our parishes and bringing our diocese to life!

Here is a collection of articles from a great resource for all the stages of married life, www.foryourmarriage.org, sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: