One of the defining moments in my youngest son’s life occurred on a Saturday a few years ago. He had been working hard for over two years to earn his black belt in Taekwondo and was participating in an all-city testing event to determine if he was ready. He executed his kicks and moves flawlessly [...]
Children Do Not Need Television Though youngsters will urgently argue the point, children don’t need television. They may want it, crave it, even suffer withdrawal during a power outage, but healthy social development is not linked remotely to the number of channels your set receives. Television is not inherently bad. Unlimited and unscreened, however, it [...]
Parenting is so easy, anyone can do it. It’s just a matter of instinct. And then, the children arrive. Holes the size of craters then perforate your belief system long before Junior even says his first word. Marge Fenelon knows both sides of the family coin — the before know-it-all syndrome and the wow-wasn’t-expecting-that. In [...]
An Anglican Encounters the Catholic Rosary As a young Anglican curate from an Evangelical background I wasn’t too sure what to do when a friend gave me a rosary. Not wanting to dismiss a form of prayer which was important to millions of Christians around the world, I got a book which explained the rosary and [...]
When your seven -year-old son is screaming and slapping what do you do? Do you wade in screaming and slapping? Do you come down heavy with threats and retaliation? Do you opt out — letting your wife deal with it? A sixth century monk has some wise answers to the everyday challenges of being a [...]
I suppose I’m dating myself by admitting that I actually used to enjoy the Kodak commercials on prime time television. They haven’t been around in quite a while. Do you remember them? Some family or group of friends would be having a great time together, doing something either adventurous or warm and fuzzy like a [...]
Re-discovering Integrity How do we teach “integrity” to children and help them to become fully integrated persons? by Sister Maureen, O.C.D., Supervisor of Education Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles What is integrity? Integrity is a word that continues to fascinate me, and over the years the depth of its meaning [...]
Editor’s Note: Reflection on the Mass readings for the Feast of the Holy Family – Gn 15:1-6; 21:1-3; Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; Heb 11:8, 11-12, 17-19; Lk 2:22-40 or 2:22, 39-40. The Passion of the Christ was the most intense movie I’ve ever seen. But there was a moment of comic relief, a flashback [...]
Advent and Christmas is a time of storytelling. After all, Christmas is the greatest story ever told. God sent his only son to be born in a manager only to ultimately die on the cross for our sins so that we could all be saved. So, the best Christmas stories have a spark of Divine [...]
The past eight months have been the best eight months of my life. In February, I met the man that I am blessed enough to spend the rest of my life with. When my fiancé, Ray, asked my dad for my hand in marriage, he told him that he desires nothing more in life than [...]
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Daily Catholic Quote from King David
“Turn away your face from my sins; blot out all my guilt. A clean heart create for me, God; renew in me a steadfast spirit. Do not drive me from your presence, nor take from me your holy spirit. Restore my joy in your salvation; sustain in me a willing spirit. I will teach the [...]
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