When our children are young, their doctors are our partners. They guide and aid us in ensuring our children are as healthy as possible. Unfortunately,
My husband called on his way home from work, tired and hungry. He had been in Atlanta since before the sun came up, and now
In just a few days, from October 5th-19th, Pope Francis will hold a very special and rare event. An extraordinary synod, a meeting of select
Maybe you heard that on Sunday, September 14, 2014, Pope Francis married twenty couples at St. Peter’s Basilica. I learned about it first from an
As Holy Mother Church plans the World Meeting of Families, my husband and I are approaching our 40th wedding anniversary. As a child bride of
I have been sitting in mass with small children since I became Catholic in 1994. There were times when it was more difficult and times
Long ago, I wrote a blog post explaining how to raise eight children without even trying. Today, I’m going to tell you why I never should
Across the country, pro-lifers battle for parental consent laws so that a girl as young as twelve can’t just walk into an abortion clinics and
They bowed their heads to say grace, then started to eat a rare breakfast together when the cell phone rang. The man and his two-and-a-half
The Same Old Questions Another semester is beginning, and I am back in the classroom, teaching young college students about the parts and pieces of
What is a Tuna Melt? The bubbly nine-year-old bounced in the cushioned booth seat after glancing at the menu. “Tuna melt!” she proclaimed. “That’s what
Road Trip! One of my younger kids, my son, is going to be a high school senior this coming school year. He asked me if
Just over two months ago, I was joined in sacramental union to my beautiful bride, and before the ink had even dried on our marriage certificate,
We all thought Papi was being a big baby when he stopped leaving the house. In the past year, he had become needy, asking us
Often Christians lament the darkness in the world around us. War, abortion, euthanasia, and murder are regular occurrences even in our own communities. No wondering
On Facebook, I’m in several Natural Family Planning (NFP) groups, and the same question pops up on a regular basis: “What reasons justify using NFP
A Health Care Thought-Experiment Just imagine if there were a morning after pill to rid ourselves of the eating and drinking we consumed the night
“I could never stay home barefoot and pregnant with kids all day,” my twenty-four-year-old law student self thought. “I’d be so bored; I’d go crazy!
In case you missed it, I used my debut post on Catholic Stand to suggest that contraception may not be the great and mighty liberator
I lay there, cuddled in bed with my littlest guy and reminded him that we needed to say bedtime prayers before our story. He looked
Jesus was a master teacher, the greatest teacher who has ever lived, for He is the Only Son of God. There can be no human
Pope Francis has repeatedly urged us to evangelize. His oft repeated message calls us to share the word of God where we are, saying, “The
Something I have always found so intriguing within the parameters of women’s rights debates and feminist issues is how incredibly sacred contraception is to so
The following is a series of blog comments posted by Heidi in the comboxes at the blog Little Catholic Bubble. I found her story so moving and inspirational that
