Several years ago, I received a phone call from a dear friend who invited me to take a free shopping spree at Costco Wholesale Club. The offer was so tempting since anything and everything I would purchase that day would all be paid for. I was so floored by such a generous offer that I felt like one of those eager contestants who had just won the grand prize in “Supermarket Sweep.”
Read More »Got Faith? Pumpkin Chili and the Catechism
Several days ago, I was in the kitchen whipping up a pot of pumpkin chili, (recipe included below!) while reflecting on some thoughts regarding faith. Earlier in the day, when my daughter was sitting at the kitchen table working on her Catechism lesson, the subject of faith came up. My daughter wanted to know if everyone who believes in Jesus is a Christian.
Read More »Pope John Paul II on Family Prayer
by Pope John Paul II | Family prayer has for its very own object family life itself, which in all its varying circumstances is seen as a call from God and lived as a filial response to His call. Joys and sorrows, hopes and disappointments...
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 »Pope Benedict XVI to American Bishops
As Blessed John Paul II observed, the future of humanity passes by way of the family (cf. Familiaris Consortio, 85). Indeed, “the good that the Church and society as a ...
Read More »Reflections on St. Paul
I spoke to the mother of a large family the other day who told me she dreads the beginning of the school year. Although she has been teaching her children ...
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