By Don DeMarco, Ph.D., Human Life International - “The family, the great workshop of love, is the first school, indeed, a lasting school where people are not taught to love with barren ideas, but with the incisive power of experience.” ~Saint Pope John Paul II, February 13th Angelus Prayer, Vatican City, 1994... There can be no doubt that Saint John Paul meant an institution consisting of a mother, father, and children. As Catholics we are taught to model our families after the Holy Family of Mary, Joseph, and the Christ Child.