Kids Who Care About Others
Tips for passing on the spirit of Christian volunteering
"Record Numbers of Teens Serving Others. Family Upbringing Identified as Cause." Imagine that as a headline in the morning paper. Continue »
Take Time for Advent Family Prayer!
These practical, realistic suggestions will show you how.
“Family” and “prayer” belong together. After all, as the Second Vatican Council taught, our families are the “domestic church.” Continue »
A Saint? Under My Roof?
Kids, Confession, and the Call to Holiness
My fingers furiously flipped through a hardcover edition of "Butler’s Lives of the Saints". “Daddy’s original plan” for my kindergartner to be the patron saint of dancers for the All Saints parade had blown up in my face. Continue »
The Question that Changed My Life
It could change yours, too.
I grew up in a big family, with grandparents and cousins nearby. Life was a round of family visits and gatherings, with twenty people jammed around the table for holidays. Then my husband and I moved away to a big city where I hardly knew a soul. I was terribly homesick and missed my family desperately. But at least, I still had “Days of Our Lives”! Continue »
Coaching Kids to Career Success
Eight Things Parents and Grandparents Can Do
As parents, you help your children to build a strong faith, get a strong education, and develop a strong and healthy body. Do you also consider how to help them build a strong career path? This isn’t just about having a good job and financial security. Continue »
Tides of Marriage
Six Simple Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship Through Life’s Ebbs and Flows
We live near the ocean. In our part of the world, residents of coastal communities don’t have to worry much about tsunamis. Our concern is erosion. Continue »
