Ms. Cheryl Dickow is a Catholic publisher, author, columnist, and speaker. To invite Cheryl to speak at your event, contact her by email (link below) or call her at 248-917-3865. She is the author of the exciting new book Our Jewish Roots: A Catholic Woman's Guide which focuses on the joy found in connecting with our past. Our Jewish Roots, along with other excellent Catholic books, is available through her website (link below).
Cheryl has a Master’s Degree in Education and lives in the beautiful state of Michigan with her husband and three sons.
Cheryl is a contributing writer to the "Today's Catholic - Women in Faith" category at the Integrated Catholic Life.
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 throughout all of our Christmas seasons: we always give books to our boys. I love books and have spent a lot of time [...]
Last month Facebook “went down.” The fact that I only knew about this because it was a top news story completely illustrates my own love/hate relationship with Facebook—which is more hate than love. Don’t get me wrong, I know Facebook—and other social media sites—is important. I get that. And I know that I live in [...]
How could it ever be God’s plan to leave four young children without a mother? What good could ever come of such a situation? Why would God, if he is so loving and merciful, allow this to happen to anyone, let alone a husband and wife who had always trusted and relied on him? These [...]
My first job after college graduation was as a “Training Specialist” at a large corporation. I taught computer software classes. It was the mid-80’s and I had all sorts of plans for life. I had just delivered my first son and my sister was his caregiver during my long days at work. I loved my [...]
Two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one was had been slapped was hurt but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: Today my best friend slapped me in the face. They kept on [...]
A gorgeous autumn jacket caught my eye as I was flipping through a recent issue of a fashion magazine, trying to find the “perfect” haircut—you know, just cute enough to say I am still “fashionable” yet not too cute to say “I’m 52 years-old trying to look 30.” The jacket was what I would call [...]
There are a lot of good and valuable tips that I have received over the years in my on-going efforts at mothering. And it really has been an on-going effort. As I’ve previously shared, I haven’t found myself to be one of those women to whom baking, sewing and letting things roll off her back [...]
Like all teachers – well at least like many teachers – I entered the classroom ready to change the world. Sure, I was a bit older than most when I took my first steps into the parochial middle school milieu; but certainly wisdom and an ability to laugh at life would be my allies. And [...]
I live in Michigan which is, at this writing, the state suffering with the highest unemployment rates in the nation. We are surrounded by visual reminders of our condition: foreclosed homes everywhere, empty office buildings lining the streets and expressways, and a general atmosphere of despair in the air. Most of us don’t have any [...]
When my grandfather died in May of 2008, the possessions that meant the most to his adult children – almost all of them grandparents themselves – were things like the embroidered tablecloth filled with family member’s names or the crucifix that hung above his bed. His wife, my beloved grandmother, preceded him in death by [...]
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Daily Catholic Quote from Fr. Benedict Groeschel
“One thing that is not being tried in any particularly enthusiastic way by people who call themselves Catholic is Catholicism.” (Fr. Benedict Groeschel; The Reform of Renewal, 1990) Please help us in our mission to assist readers to integrate their Catholic faith, family and work. Tell your family and friends about this article using both the [...]
St. Benedict for Beginners – The Third Step to Humility
This is the ninth in a series on St. Benedict for Beginners. – The Editors The Third Step to Humility ‘The third step of humility is that for the love of God a man should be obedient to his superior in all things.’ Obedience? What a sign of scandal in an individualistic age! The whole [...]
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