Setting—and Keeping—Family Goals in the New Year
7 Steps to Help Set and Keep Family Goals
You wouldn’t accomplish much in a day if, every morning, you got into your car and drove away—without a destination in mind. Likewise, it isn’t productive to just wander down the road of marriage and family life. You’re far more likely to get where you want to go when you target goals and adopt strategies to achieve them. Continue »
Prayers for the Fourth Week of Advent
Excerpt from Advent: A Family Celebration.
Our celebration of Advent prepares us to eagerly welcome Christ at Christmas and when he comes again in glory. Continue »
Prayers for the Third Week of Advent
Excerpt from Advent: A Family Celebration.
Advent is a wonderful time of the year. It’s a time of baking, gift making, buying, and wrapping. It’s a time of expectant waiting, anticipating, and spiritually preparing for the coming of Christ Jesus. Continue »
Prayers for the Second Week of Advent
Excerpt from Advent: A Family Celebration
Advent is a wonderful time of the year. It's a time of baking, gift making, buying, and wrapping. It's a time of expectant waiting, anticipating, and spiritually preparing for the coming of Christ Jesus. Continue »
Prayers for the First Week of Advent
Excerpt from Advent, A Family Celebration
Advent is a wonderful time of the year. It's a time of baking, gift making, buying, and wrapping. It's a time of expectant waiting, anticipating, and spiritually preparing for the coming of Christ Jesus. Continue »
Thanksgiving All Year Long
Acknowledging God's generosity—and teaching our kids to do the same
Family, football, and food: Thanksgiving is all of these things and more. It's also a perfect opportunity to think about gratitude. Continue »
Parenting Lessons from the Saints
Down-to-Earth Help for Raising Our Children
A few years ago, St. Joseph came into my life in a new way. Not long before, I had taken the plunge from singlehood to married life, jumping into the deep end of the pool by marrying a widower with six children. I was hardly a natural for the role of stepmother (just ask the children!). Continue »
Angels at My Doorstep
Finding True Friendship in a New Town.
When our family moved from Cleveland last year, it was quite a momentous event. My husband and I had never lived anywhere else, but we were forced to relocate so that he could accept a new job. Once the moving truck had been loaded, we said good-bye to our family and friends. Continue »
The Best Thing I’ve Ever Done!
To Get My Kids Talking about School
Parents share the most successful methods they've used to get their kids to talk about school. Continue »
Beyond Fairness
Justice tempered with mercy
Sunday's Gospel must sound familiar to parents who listen to the constant complaint, "It's not fair!" Our kids whine, "I studied hard, but I got only a 'C' on the test." "I went to every soccer practice, but I played for only five minutes in the game." Continue »