Tag Archives: marriage

Legal implications for changes in marriage, adoption, divorce

A third edition of Family Law in America (Oxford University Press, 2021) by Darald and Juliet Libby Professor Emeritus Sanford Katz of BC Law School has been published. In this new edition, Katz analyses the majority and dissenting opinions in … Continue reading

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Journalist Elizabeth Flock

Journalist Elizabeth Flock, a BC alumna, will talk about her career and her book, The Heart is a Shifting Sea: Love and Marriage in Mumbai (Harper Perennial), on Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. in Devlin Hall, Room 026. The Heart … Continue reading

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Love and marriage in today’s India

In India today, tradition is colliding with Western culture, creating an uneasy fusion whose impact is most evident in the institution of marriage. In her new book, The Heart Is a Shifting Sea: Love and Marriage in Mumbai (Harper, 2018), journalist … Continue reading

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The Hopefuls

Best-selling author and Boston College alumna Jennifer Close tells a story about ambition and marriage in her new novel, The Hopefuls (Knopf, 2016). Husband and wife Matt and Beth, newcomers to Washington, D.C., befriend a charismatic White House staffer named Jimmy, and … Continue reading

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Mercy

In the latest issue of Commonweal, Darald and Juliet Libby Professor of Law and Theology Cathleen Kaveny writes about what the Catholic Church can learn from civil law in her essay, “Mercy for the Remarried.”

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Understanding Love and Responsibility

After years of counseling young adults and married couples, Father Karol Wojtyla (Saint John Paul II) published Love and Responsibility. This classic work  is not an easy book to read as the language is often high and theoretical. Boston College Carroll … Continue reading

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CPA winner

Love One Another: Catholic Reflections on How to Sustain Marriages Today, a book co-edited by Boston College Assistant to the Vice President for University Mission & Ministry Tim Muldoon, has received a third place prize from the Catholic Press Association … Continue reading

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