Audio Catholic Marriage

Audio Catholic Marriage is a collection of audio talks about marriage from a Catholic point of view. You download the app, and it streams a series of recorded talks you can listen to on your phone.

The talks cover the things that actually come up in married life — love between husband and wife, the roles each spouse plays, raising children, family life, and the theology of the body. The recordings are streamed rather than stored, so they do not take up room on your phone, though you do need a connection to play them. The app is free to start, and a paid upgrade opens up the full series.

I found the faithful, no-nonsense approach refreshing. These are not pop-psychology pep talks. They are grounded in Church teaching, and they treat marriage as the serious, lifelong thing it is. Listening on a commute or while doing the dishes is an easy way to keep your marriage on your mind in a good way.

Good for engaged couples preparing for the sacrament, for married couples who want a tune-up, and for anyone helping with marriage prep or RCIA. The talks work well as something for a couple to listen to together and then talk over.

A couple of honest notes. The free version only gives you a sample, and the full library sits behind the upgrade. Because the talks stream, you cannot listen offline unless you buy them separately through the developer's website. And the app itself is plain, so this is about the content, not a polished interface.

Free to download, with a paid upgrade, from WGQM Partners. Available on the App Store: Audio Catholic Marriage. Worth a listen for any couple who wants their marriage rooted in the faith.