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U.S. Catholic ∙ Vol. 75, No. 9 ∙ September 2010

COVER STORY

First comes love: How young couples are altering the path to marriage
More couples are creating their own variations on the standard progression from love to marriage-sometimes with stops in between. Heather Grennan Gary explores how couples are tackling church teaching on marriage and family, for better and for worse.
Sidebar: Is marriage on the rocks? 

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SOUNDING BOARD

Don't wait for marriage
With many young adults delaying marriage to their late 20s, John Van Epp issues a countercultural call to put a ring on it in Sounding Board. In Feedback readers married and single debate the best age for wedding bells.

FEATURES

In good company
Young adults are finding they have to do some community organizing of their own if they want to make a church connection, writes Christina Capecchi.
Sidebars: Tips for young adults in search of faith communities
Tips for faith communities in search of young adults

Traveling mercies
After eight months in Guatemala, Alexander Zoltai had to say good-bye to new friends, but he took with him fond memories and a deeper faith, along with the images in this photo story.

Goal keeper
David Mulcahy may be young, but he's already scored big with his ideas to fight poverty, writes In Person author Daniel P. Smith.

ESSAY/OPINION

Om-schooled
What's the connection between Hindu yoga and Christian prayer? It's all in the way you stand, writes M. M. Hubele. Or sit. Or kneel. Or lie down.

iPray
It turns out there's an app for that, too, writes Christopher Williston, who catalogs some of the best ways for digital-age Catholics to stay connected to the divine. 
WEB ONLY! Find more apps and websites in this online version and add your own

BYO faith
Sodalities may have an old-school feel, but they do share some things with today's faith-sharing groups, writes Johanna Hatch in Practicing Catholic. For one, they both start around the kitchen table.

Word of God, Word of life
Though not quite a rock star, the late Eugene LaVerdiere, S.S.S. helped U.S. Catholic readers find in the Bible rock-solid faith, writes Executive Editor Meinrad Scherer-Emunds.
WEB ONLY! Celebrating 75 years of U.S. Catholic

DEPARTMENTS

Editors' Note
You May Be Right Letters
Signs of the Times News
Catholic Tastes
Culture in Context: Reviews
Glad You Asked: Is social justice the same as socialism?
At Home with Our Faith
Eye of the Beholder 
Jerry Bleem, O.F.M.

COLUMNS

The Examined Life - Bryan Cones
Problem children
Margin Notes - Kevin Clarke
Union made in China
Culture in Context - Patrick McCormick
No free rides
Testaments - Alice Camille
Words of Wisdom