The initiative’s new Web site also features a survey for Catholics in the state to help the committee prepare parish educational materials that will be distributed in the spring. Pastors will have the opportunity to attend information sessions to help them implement the materials, which will include a video on the vocation to marriage produced by the Knights of Columbus.

The initiative will produce its own multi-part interview series in cooperation with CatholicTV to debut in the fall.

“We have to understand marriage as a gift from God where true love generates new life. Marriage is lifelong and life-giving,” said Franks. “We want to remind people what a wonderful blessing it is.”

Society cannot exist without the faithful love of husbands and wives. Marriage is the path to happiness that God has planned for most people, she added.

“We hope to recall to people’s minds what an adventure holiness is and that for most people, we pursue holiness within marriage,” she said.

For more information about the marriage initiative or to fill out the survey, visit www.MassCatholicMarriage.org.