# Why Get Married: The Catholic View of the Meaning and Purpose of Marriage - Prof. Paul Gondreau

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Podcast: [The Thomistic Institute](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thomistic-institute-521456)
Published: 2026-07-10T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This lecture was given on October 23rd, 2025, at Indiana University. To make a gift this June, visit  https://truth.thomisticinstitute.org/pod . About the Speaker: Paul Gondreau is professor of theology at Providence College, where he has taught for 28 years. He received his doctorate in theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, doing his dissertation on Christ's full humanity (Christ's human passions/emotions) under the renowned Thomist scholar Jean-Pierre Torrell. He specializes in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas and has published widely in the areas of Christology (focusing on Christ’s full humanity and his maleness), Christian anthropology, the moral meaning and purpose of human sexuality and sexual difference, the biblical vision of Aquinas' theology, the theology of disability, the sacrament of the Eucharist and the priesthood, and the Catholic vision of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Keywords: Body And Soul, Human Sexuality, Marriage, Natural Law, Procreation, Sacrament, Sexual Ethics, Thomistic Anthropology, Unitive Love

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