By John M. Grondelski, The Catholic Thing - We’re in the middle of “National Marriage Week” (February 7-14), which will be culminating – if you can use that term about something almost no one is aware of – on Valentine’s Day. In principle, it’s a time to focus attention on the “state of our unions,” something the National Marriage Project (NMP) based at the University of Virginia has been doing through regular research and an annual report.