Your Life
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I need my fiancé to become Catholic before we get married
SHE SAYS I need my fiancé to become Catholic before we get married HE SAYS I don’t think I need to be...
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A Pack of Dogs and Understanding Ministry
By Chris Rogers Director of the Office for Youth and Young Adult Ministry The year was 1995. I was a college student...
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‘Now that my teen has been confirmed, she thinks it’s OK to skip mass. How should I respond?’
Ask your teens why they want to skip Mass; then LISTEN attentively. Their resistance is probably from the lack of a close, personal relationship with...
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1.8KListening “with the heart of Christ” Carol’s soup feeds body and soul
Michelle DiFranco is a designer and the busy mom of three children. Isn’t it nice to have a close friend you can...
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Why should parents want their children to marry rather than cohabit?
Many parents have heard the statistics that couples marrying today have a 40 to 50 percent risk of divorcing. This is not good news...
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1.2KSummer getaways
By Lorraine Riedl Office for Ministries and Social Concerns Summer is a great time to take a step back, relax and get...
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1.5KA legacy of faith AND JELL-O SALAD
My grandmother epitomized America’s “Greatest Generation” right down to her hard-working nature and classic American recipes. She taught me how to sew,...
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Natural Family Planning is tearing us apart
He says: Natural family planning is tearing us apart When we went to the training session for natural family planning (NFP), the...
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Make sure you tell your kids…
As we age, we reflect on our own mortality, and the meaning of the resurrection and eternal life. We’ve modeled faith to...
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Finding God’s will and Holiness in Weakness and Limitations
“Sanctity properly consists in the conformity to God’s will, expressed in a constant and exact fulfillment of the duties of our state...