A Catholic Handbook For Engaged and Newly Married Couples

Imprimatur: Gilbert Sheldon, D.D. D.Min, Bishop of Steubenville. Imprimatur: Most Rev. Basil Losten, Bishop of Stamford (Ukranian Rite) "The Handbook is outstanding both for its practicality and for its fidelity to the Catholic faith." - Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J., Editor, Homiletic and Pastoral Review "Dr. Marks fills a deep void in the current literature with his brisk but wide-ranging Catholic Handbook. It is a pleasure to read and refreshingly forthright in presenting Church teaching." - Very Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas, Editor, The Catholic Answer "There is a great need for such a handbook, and Dr. Marks has done an excellent job of presenting the Church's teachings in an entertaining yet uncompromising style." - Anne W. Carrol, Catholic educator and author of Christ the Kin: Lord of History "I very much applaud what Dr. Marks has done, which is to tackle certain subjects that are often skirted: for example, the effects of living together before marriage, the wisdom of breaking off an engagement at even the last minute if uncertain, and objections to birth control." -  Fr. James Torrens, S.J., Former Associate Editor, America magazine "The best marriage guidebook I've seen in forty-five years as a marriage and family teacher!" - Rev. Paul Marx, O.S.B., Founder, Human Life International Frederick Marks, who holds an undergraduate degree from Holy Cross College and a Ph.D. from the Unversity of Michigan, has lectured widely and taught courses on the fundamentals of the Catholic faith at both the university and parish level. He is the author of numerous articles, as well as five other books, most recently A Brief for Belief: The Case for Catholicism (Queenship, 1999). Currently, he resides in Forest Hills, N.Y., with his wife, Sylvia, to whom he has been happily married for over thirty years, and their daughter, Mary Anne.