How the Saints Helped Lead Me Home
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before...
View ArticleMy Top 10 Catholic Books for 2010
In our home, Christmas gift-giving has evolved from the days of Legos and action figures to clothes and Mass cards—and pretty much everything in between. But one thing that has remained constant...
View ArticlePilgrims Who Journey to the Shores of Eternity
Have you ever stopped to reflect on just how short our lives on earth are? Currently, the number of people living in the United States who have attained age 100 is between 96,000 and 97,000. And this...
View ArticleExploring Elysium
“Goodnight…” “Goodnight.” “Don’t go to sleep….” “I won’t.” This is the way my brother and I ended each day. Steve was my junior by three years, and the long shadows of evening always filled him with...
View ArticleThe Secret of Successful Teams – Humility
At Home “We’re taking over!” My eight year old son David stood in the kitchen gloating, with arms stretched out in jubilation. For years, he and his younger siblings had played second fiddle to the...
View ArticleThe Citadel
“You don’t belong here!” Bernadette Bingham was walking past the drab brownstone apartments on her way to work. She looked at the little girl playing on the stoop, puzzled. “You don’t belong here!” the...
View ArticleDaily Catholic Quote from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
“The woman is at the heart of the home. Let us pray that we women realize the reason for our existence: to love and be loved and through this love become instruments of peace in the world.” (Blessed...
View ArticleFive Tips For Keeping the Season of Advent Holy in Our Domestic Churches
It’s that wonderful and holy time of year that our Church calls “Advent.” We might be planning (or at least hoping) to observe this Advent season in a holier way than we have in the past but aren’t...
View ArticleOn Longing for Home
It’s humid, and in the 90s (the mid-30s for folks who favour Celsius over Fahrenheit). There’s no breeze. It’s too early for cicadas, but otherwise I’d guess we were in August rather than June. Hills...
View ArticleCreating Summer Family Memories
One summer I encouraged Catholic moms to be mindful of their prayer schedules when changing over to a new season. I gently but straightforwardly reminded, “While making plans for our families this...
View ArticleOur Holy Priesthood: An Interview with Harriet Sabatini, Author of Joseph’s...
During a recent family gathering, my husband, my brother-in-law, and my uncle regaled the gathered group with tales of childhood games. In particular, one that all three of these men, now in their...
View ArticleThe Portal
The land surrounding Shaker Village in Kentucky might have been pulled fresh from the pages of one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s tales. It encompasses rolling hills, small farm buildings, pleasant forests and...
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from C. S. Lewis
“The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing—to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all the beauty came from—my country, the place where I ought to have been born. Do you think it...
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from C. S. Lewis
“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” (C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity) NB: C.S. Lewis was an...
View ArticleThe Healing Stone
The stone was slick to the touch. The old woman noticed it peeking out from the rubble of the scorched and ruined house. The smell of burnt wood and flint still filled the air, and Elizabeth knew that,...
View ArticleOn Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories
We are, it would seem, living in a golden age of science fiction and fantasy stories. Films exploring other worlds and other times regularly explode onto the big screen, with each offering seemingly...
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from C. S. Lewis
“The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing—to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all the beauty came from—my country, the place where I ought to have been born. Do you think it...
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from C. S. Lewis
“At present we are on the outside of the world, the wrong side of the door. We discern the freshness and purity of morning, but they do not make us fresh and pure. We cannot mingle with the splendours...
View ArticleA Review of Head and Heart: Becoming Spiritual Leaders for Your Family
As the Synod on the Family continues in Rome, Catholic families around the world are refocusing on the importance of transmitting the faith in a vibrant, intentional way at home. At this particular...
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from C. S. Lewis
“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” (C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity) NB: C.S. Lewis was an...
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