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May 12, 2008 Covenant edition re-printed to qualify for US government standards
October 25, 2007 Printing of Covenant edition.
May 20, 2006. Printing of Canadian edition.
December 26, 2005. New printing of For Better and For Ever - edits/changes.
June 30, 2004. Spanish language video/DVD training material are ready!
March 3, 2004. Progress report on new products.
March 25, 2003. The 2003 printing of For Better and For Ever and En las buenas y pare siempre.
March 6, 2003. Video/DVD material available & "Key Concepts" for Sponsor Couples.
June 13, 2002. 4 Projects, including update of Protestant edition.
January 24, 2002. January 2002 edition of For Better & For Ever.[Visit our archives for PAST NEWS.]
May 12, 2008 Covenant edition re-printed to qualify for US government standards. The first printing of the Covenant edition was rejected by US government "censors" but we were able to work with them to edit and re-print the Covenant edition so that it now qualifies within US government criteria as appropriately "secular." The faith and spirituality sections that were a problem to the US government were moved to this web site and the US government is OK with that. This allows couples who wish to look further into faith/spirituality/religion to search out these topics on the www. See Covenant links.
October 25, 2007 Printing of Covenant edition. This is the "secular" edition of For Better and For Ever created for marriage educators and others who are using US government grants to provide marriage preparation.
May 20, 2006. Printing of Canadian edition.
Because of the success of For Better and For Ever in Canada, we printed a Canadian English edition in May 2006.
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December 26, 2005 New Printing of For Better and For Ever – in January 2006
The following changes/corrections will be made in Catholic, English, edition. Comparable changes will be made in the Spanish edition and in the Christian edition.
p. 94: add the following after paragraph 3 and before Point 2:
Couples who are willing and ready to make the permanent and unconditional commitment of marriage should talk candidly about how illness or tragedy could affect their commitment. How would you deal with a situation in which the personality or the physical appearance of your spouse changes due to severe disability or disfigured because of illness or serious accident? While it is probably not possible or advisable to prepare for every possible tragedy, it is prudent to seek assistance in drafting living wills and preparing documents of durable power of attorney. Have you discussed this?
p. 96 – Add New Footnote to end of #6. - For a national listing of marriage friendly counselors, see page 179, #5.
p. 99: Question 4 – additional text is added:
Question 4 – Can I think of a reason that I would consider separation from my partner? _______ If my spouse became severely disabled or disfigured because of illness, or serious accident I would respond to our situation by __________________
________________________________________________________________________If he/she were in a coma and the best medical opinion was that it was likely to be permanent I would ____________________________________________________
p. 138. 3rd to last line: replace current text: “documents of Vatican Council II, the papal document Humanae Vitae (1968) and more recent documents on Christian marriage and family life.” With: “the Catechism of the Catholic Church and some kind of adult bible study.”
p. 142: add the following between question 3 and “Further thoughts and feelings:”
4 - It is never easy to consider the difficult topic of permanent injury or death of your spouse or yourself. Tending to these questions now will not make such tragedies less painful but this kind of planning can help you (or your spouse) be better prepared to cope with “the worst.”
- Have you written a will?
- Have you prepared documents of durable power of attorney?
- Do you know your spouse’s wishes about medical treatment if he/she is unconscious or in a coma?
- Have you made decisions about donation of your organs in case of sudden death?
- Could you plan your spouse’s funeral?
- Do you know their favorite hymns and Scripture passages?
- Have you discussed where you would like to be buried, and whether you prefer cremation or burial of your body?
p. 179 - #4 Delete: American Academy of Natural Family planning etc. Add: Go to www.marriagepreparation.com > “Helpful Links to WWW” > Natural Family Planning, for an extensive listing of web sites we try to keep up to date.
p. 179 - #5 Insert new data:
- A national listing of marriage friendly counselors > www.marriagefriendlytherapists.com
- (The Institute for Relationship Therapy etc….as it is currently written.)
p. 179 – Add to #7 – Resources for praying together. When Couples Pray Together: Creating Intimacy and Spiritual Wholeness by Jan and David Stoop. ISBN 1-56955-108-1.
p. 180 - Add new box: See our web site at www.marriagepreparation.com
p. 183. Add new box…below the current box:
For more information, go to www.marriagepreparation.com
> Resources for Pastors and Sponsor Couples to find…
· Video/DVD resources:
#1: Teaches prospective Sponsor/Mentor Couples how to prepare for and facilitate marriage preparation sessions with the engaged.
#2: A guide for setting up and sustaining the For Better and For Ever marriage preparation program in your church.
· Additional documents, such as, the Key Concepts and the Narrator’s Text from the Training Videos which can be copied at no charge.
p. 209. Add below date: Please go to www.marriagepreparation.com and fill out the Feed Back Form.
June 30, 2004. Production of the Spanish training videos/DVDs has been completed!
We will be ready to fill orders within a week or two. You can place a order now, and we will fill it a.s.a.p.
March 3, 2004. Progress report on new products.
- This Spanish training videos/DVD are "in production" and will be ready by summer of 2004.
- The French edition is nearing completion, we project it will be printed by the end of 2004. NOTE: As of December 2005, this project
is still "on hold" and we honestly don't know when it will be printed. If you are interested in the French edition, contact Rob Ruhnke at 210-534-1129 for information about this project.
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March 25, 2003.
The newest (2003) printings of For Better and For Ever and En las buenas y para siempre are now available. Note the following changes/updates:
- The cover of the book has been re-designed.
- The two column format has been replaced with a full page format.
- Most of the graphic images have been removed. We added some photos.
- Chapter 6: Couples who are Living Together / Sexually Active has been updated.
- Chapter 16: Decisions of Conscience - content that was in chapter 15 is now a separate chapter.
- Chapter 17: Marrying Again and Stepfamilies now addresses couples who have no children.
- The content of Validation of a Previous Civil marriage has been moved to new Appendix D.
- Additional footnotes and updated resources have been added.
- The web site at http://www.marriagepreparation.com has been updated.
In our efforts to continue listening to feedback from sponsor/mentor couples, we hope you like these changes/updates. But ~ let us know.....
. Video #1 will help you train sponsor couples. Video #2 will explain how to set up the sponsor couple program in your church. We plan to produce these material in Spanish during 2003.
"Key Concepts" notes by Rob Ruhnke available @[Resources for Sponsors/Pastors] in English and Spanish.
An update of the Protestant edition of For Better and For Ever now available.
French edition of For Better and For Ever. It will be ready by June 2003. Check back here for updates on date of publication.
This web site will have Spanish and French language pages by the end of 2003.
June 13, 2002. We are working on 4 projects:
1 - DVD will be ready Aug 30. Video #1 will help you train sponsor couples. Video #2 will explain how to set up the sponsor couple program in your church.
2 - An update of the Protestant edition of For Better and For Ever will be ready July 5, 2002.
3 - We are creating a French edition of For Better and For Ever. Check back here for updates on date of publication.
4 - This web site will have Spanish and French language pages by the end of 2003.
January 24, 2002. The newest printing of For Better and For Ever is now ready. There are some very minor changes:
- The numbers, e.g. "3.2" are no longer part of the title. The purpose of the number "3" was to identify For Better and For Ever as the 3rd edition of the work which was first published by Liguori Publications in 1980 and revised in 1989. The ".0", then ".1", then ".2" was intended to indicate significant updates of the 3rd edition. From now on, page 2 will give information about the edition (e.g., "3.2a") and the printing date (e.g., "December 2001").
- The information "Roman Catholic Edition" has been added to the cover.
- Back cover: New information has been added.
- Information on spine includes: (Catholic Ed.)
- Page 47 - New footnote [12] has information about a web site about cohabitation.
- Page 49 - New footnote [13] refers to the Premarital Covenant.
- Page 130 - New footnote [25] refers to resources about prayer.
- Page 131 - New box about Bible Reading and Prayer.
- Page 147 - New box about Blended Families web site.
- Page 153 - New boxes for additional information about needs of spouse or child.
- Page 159 - Introduction to Premarital Covenant.
- Page 160 - Premarital Covenant.
- Pages 173-174 - Updates of addresses & web sites. New resources added.
- Art work of Mr. Juan Hernandez has replaced graphics on pages 21,27,53,73,155,159.
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