Laura DeMaria – Catholic Stand

Prayerful Alternatives to Doomscrolling

Laura DeMaria February 27, AD2026 1 Comment

Eliminate the habit of doomscrolling by replacing it with practices that bring you closer to God.

How to Be Like Scrooge This Christmas

Laura DeMaria December 18, AD2025 3 Comments

When you hear someone described as a “Scrooge,” that means miserly, miserable, and greedy, right? Well, the other side of Ebenezer Scrooge – the way

How to Handle Spending the Holidays Alone

Laura DeMaria November 17, AD2025 1 Comment

Serving others helps us to focus on something outside ourselves and is the greatest way to combat loneliness.

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Saints That Every Dad Needs

Laura DeMaria June 16, AD2025 3 Comments

We can pray to the saints to inspire, encourage, and guide fathers for the many tasks they undertake for their families.

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This Advent, Consider a Media Fast

Laura DeMaria December 10, AD2024 1 Comment

Advent – a time of beautiful, peaceful anticipation – is here! Advent is not a specifically penitential season, like Lent, and we don’t typically give

Lent for Pregnant Moms

Laura DeMaria February 21, AD2024 2 Comments

It’s Lent, and you know what that means – it’s time to fast! But what if you can’t because you’re pregnant? While moms-to-be may not

Americans Want More Kids, and That’s a Great Thing – Part 2

Laura DeMaria November 15, AD2023 1 Comment

In Part 1, we learned that while Americans report wanting larger families, societal and economic factors prevent them from achieving their ideal family size. Catholics

Americans Want More Kids, and That’s a Great Thing – Part 1

Laura DeMaria November 14, AD2023 7 Comments

A recent poll from Gallup found that “Americans’ belief that the ideal family size includes three or more children has been rising steadily in recent

How to Make Your Home a Domestic Church

Laura DeMaria August 31, AD2023 4 Comments

“The family is, so to speak, the domestic church. In it parents should, by their word and example, be the first preachers of the faith

Deciphering the New Padre Pio Movie

Laura DeMaria June 13, AD2023 1 Comment

You’d be forgiven for thinking that Abel Ferrera’s new movie, “Padre Pio,” is less a story about the beloved saint and more a commentary on

Why Go on Retreat?

Laura DeMaria March 31, AD2023 4 Comments

Have you ever been on a retreat? The word may call to mind a quiet monk’s cell or a sunny beach. If not, perhaps you

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Prepare Your Heart for Lent

Laura DeMaria January 31, AD2023 1 Comment

Lent, which begins with Ash Wednesday on February 22 this year, is just around the corner. Now, before the season starts, is the time to

Reasons for Hope at the End of the Year

Laura DeMaria December 31, AD2022 1 Comment

The year 2022 has arrived at its end. How were the past 12 months for you? Many people will be ready to move on from

Evangelizing a Post-Christian World

Laura DeMaria November 30, AD2022 10 Comments

After the recent midterm elections here in America, CatholicVote CEO Brian Burch wrote, “Imagine a candidate for office saying, ‘My goal is to inspire Americans

The Great Resignation is a Spiritual Crisis

Laura DeMaria November 2, AD2022 3 Comments

The Great Resignation occurred in 2021 and was followed by the 2022 phenomenon known as “quiet quitting.” While pundits attribute these workplace trends to a