World Marriage Day Explained

World Marriage Day is an observance sponsored by American organization Worldwide Marriage Encounter,[1] associated with the Catholic Marriage Encounter movement[2] and observed on second Sunday of February each year.[3] [4]

Its purpose is declared to be: "World Marriage Day honors husband and wife as the foundation of the family, the basic unit of society. It salutes the beauty of their faithfulness, sacrifice and joy in daily married life."[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Marriage Day. 25 February 2012 . World Marriage Day is sponsored by Worldwide Marriage Encounter..
  2. Web site: History of Worldwide Marriage Encounter. Worldwide Marriage Encounter. 25 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191223080634/http://www.wwme.org/About-worldwide-marriage-encounter-mission-history . 23 December 2019.
  3. http://marriage.about.com/od/marriagedayweek/a/wmd.htm marriage.about.com
  4. http://wmd.wwme.org/ wmd.wwme.org
  5. Web site: Purpose and History. World Marriage Day. 25 February 2012.

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