These (very) short essays about unexpectedly experiencing God in the world today include stories of perseverance, love and gratitude.
Family Life
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What is a dad’s role in the delivery room?
What does a dad “do” during the birth of his child? I went to St. Joseph for help.
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My family’s Nativity scene is imperfect and broken. But I like it that way.
Each year we lose or break a figure in our Nativity scene, but the beauty of this family tradition lies in its brokenness.
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I love my Advent wreath. I just keep forgetting to light it.
Lighting the Advent wreath is a beautiful tradition, and I’m hoping that how I approach it is more important than how often.
Posted inFaith, Features
Want to be a better parent? Think like a mapmaker.
New models of parenting can expand our imagination about this important work.
Posted inFaith, News
Vatican: Having child out of wedlock does not bar access to sacraments
“There are priests who do not baptize the children of single mothers because (the children) were not conceived in the sanctity of marriage. They are the hypocrites of today,” Pope Francis once said.
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Pope Francis in Marseille: Take a leap of faith and dare to love your family and those in need
The world and the Catholic Church today need to take a leap forward “in faith, charity and hope,” Pope Francis said in his homily at a late afternoon Mass in Marseille’s open-air stadium.
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Pew: Less than a third of Catholics say marriage and kids are ‘very important’ to a fulfilling life
A new report from Pew Research Center stated that American’s views of the family are “complicated” and “more pessimistic” than previous statistics showed.
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The Liturgy of the Domestic Church: When faith and family life mix
By following the Liturgy of Domestic Church Life we are able to implement simple, achievable practices that help us practice our baptismal mission to be priests, prophets and royals, both at home and in the world.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Movie Club
‘Peggy Sue Got Married’ asks: What if you could do it all over again?
This is what Peggy Sue learns: we all want a second chance at the past, but the real second chances only happen in the here and now.