Cathoic Midshipmen Club

"It is by following Christ, renouncing themselves, and taking up their crosses that spouses will be able to "receive" the original meaning of marriage and live it with the help of Christ. This grace of Christian marriage is a fruit of Christ's cross, the source of all Christian life."

Paragraph 1615 in Catechism of the Catholic Church

Catholic Midshipmen Club is a club here at the Academy run by our Chaplains and has a board of students that plan the evenings. We met every Tuesday night at 1900. (That's 7pm for all you trying to do the math.) This week they brought in a well-known Captain on the yard to speak on married life and practicing your Catholic faith in the military. Captain Thorp has been at the Academy for sometime teaching students and being a mentor to so many.  This was one of the best meetings thus far this year.

Capt. Thorp opened up the with how the vocation of marriage is downplayed and how it society sees it today. He did the math and only 28% will grow up in a household where the parents are still together. Capt. Thorp mentioned the policy at the Academy "only if it's consensual" and challenged the mids to practice what the Catholic Church teaches, and to be a witness to everyone else at the Academy. Hearing these stats and being challenged from a high-ranking military officer was huge! Capt Thorp was an inspiration to many, including myself as he shared his personal testimony to the grace and beauty of marriage.