Amid the general attack on Christian virtue in this modern world, it is sometimes all too easy to lose sight of individual virtues. The open floodgates of vicious behavior submerge ...
Read More »Avoiding Foolish Arguments
The Devil thrives on conflict and dissension. Division or “legion” is his name. Whether it is wars between nations, heresy or schism in the Church, or divorce in families, the ...
Read More »Prayer Request
Every day at Seton, gathered before the altar at our noontime Angelus, we offer prayers for our families and friends. We are all united in the Communion of Saints, and ...
Read More »The Domestic Church
1655: Christ chose to be born and grow up in the bosom of the holy family of Joseph and Mary. The Church is nothing other than “the family of God.” ...
Read More »Education in the Family
Several years ago, His Excellency Cardinal Jose Sanchez was the featured speaker at the Catholic Home Education conference in Manassas, Virginia. He had traveled from Rome in his position as ...
Read More »St. Michael the Archangel
Dr. Clark shares the important of saying the St. Michael the Archangel prayer, and how he is a powerful protector for us here on earth in these dark days.
Read More »Spiritual Preparations
The most important final preparation for college lies in seeing to your continued spiritual health once you are away from home and on your own. The basics are quite clear, ...
Read More »The Sacred Heart
The feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is celebrated this year on Friday, June 7th. Among Catholics and many Christians, pictures of the Sacred Heart and devotions to ...
Read More »Family School of Love and Virtues
By Fr. Charles C. Fiore, (1934 -2003) Every Catholic knows the primacy of love in the Christian life. Jesus’ words (Mt. 19:19 and 22:37) about love of God and love ...
Read More »Roger Ebert and Confession
Roger Ebert, the Chicago-based film critic who died recently, wrote that the first thing that really pushed him away from practicing his Catholic faith was his unwillingness to confess certain ...
Read More »The Way of Divine Love
Sister Josefa Menendez was a Spanish mystic who lived from 1890 to 1923. In 1920, she joined the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Poitiers, France. During her ...
Read More »Church Teaching on Marriage and Parents
Church teachings can be seen in the papal document The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality. In Section IV, “Father and Mother as Educators” and Section V, “Paths of Formation ...
Read More »Protecting God’s Gifts
Pope Francis celebrated his inauguration Mass on the Feast of St. Joseph (March 19). He spoke about St. Joseph as protector of Jesus and Mary: How does Joseph exercise his ...
Read More »Our Mother of Good Counsel
We home schooling parents are constantly faced with decisions about our children and about their daily schooling assignments, but also about running the household, scheduling doctors’ appointments, running errands, getting ...
Read More »Habemus Papam!
And now, we take up this journey: Bishop and People. This journey of the Church of Rome which presides in charity over all the Churches. A journey of fraternity, of ...
Read More »The Family: Salvation of Society
Pope Leo XIII | They who would break away from Christian discipline are working to corrupt family life and to destroy it utterly, root and branch. From such an unholy purpose, they are not deterred by the fact that they are inflicting a cruel outrage on parents who have the right
Read More »Parents as Educators
Parents are the first and most important educators of their children, and they also possess a fundamental competence in this area: they are educators because they are parents. They share ...
Read More »Education and the Culture of Life
Education and the promotion of a culture of life is of fundamental urgency in the face of the diffusion of a mentality which offends the dignity of the person and ...
Read More »Christmas Message
This is the meaning of the Child’s name, the name which, by God’s will, Mary and Joseph gave Him: He is named Jesus, which means “Saviour” (cf. Mt 1:21; Lk ...
Read More »About… Giving Thanks
O Father of Goodness, we thank you for all that is beautiful, loving and true. Amen. For those of us in the United States it’s Thanksgiving time again. Halloween is ...
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