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This book, Christ on your Guest List, is a coil-bound workbook containing a tried and true formula for approaching the planning details of the reception - the wedding feast - from the mindset that these planning decisions can be used to strengthen the engaged relationship and pave the way for a strong newlywed relationship.
Marriage rates are at a shocking 150-year low, according to Ohio State University.
Lower cost receptions are a pattern among more long-lasting marriages, according to Emory University.
Higher guest lists are a pattern among marriages who experience a higher quality marriage relationship, AND couples who commit to getting married are more likely to flourish in marriage, instead of sliding through decisions such as cohabiting, according to University of Virginia's National Marriage Project.
Our parishes and our communities of Catholic young adults need to take these studies and our knowledge of the importance of marriage in society to heart - let's empower engaged couples to build a strong foundation for marriage through pre-cana AND through even the color of napkins and tablecloths - through the reception detail decisions.
"The tendency is growing toward greater commitment and awareness of the importance and dignity of the engagement period." ~Pope St. John Paul II
Melanie R. Cameron is a wife of 14 years and a mother to five children. Both lifelong Catholics, Mark and Melanie became engaged in 2006. She journaled through her experiences, and in 2009, published a wedding planning workbook with a Catholic twist. "Christ on Your Guest List" has helped hundreds of couples to plan the wedding reception together in order to grow in unity, monetary decision-making, and communication through all the planning details. Melanie's ministry is to bring Hope to Beautiful Brides and to call engaged couples to build strong young marriages through wedding day planning.
In 2012, Melanie began a prayerful home-based floral business, named after Our Lady, The Mystical Rose.
