Over the weekend a popular Catholic priest known for his seemingly unbridled support for homosexual behavior, tweeted, “Pete Buttigieg is married.” His Tweet was a
On the recent feast of the Infant of Prague (January 14th), I attended the funeral of a dear friend’s youngest child. Before the Mass, I
“A chair is still a chair even when there’s no one sitting there…but a chair is not a house…and a house is not a home
Wealth made possible all the things we associate with the “Sexual Revolution”: effective contraception, abortion on demand, radical feminism, and the victory of the LGBTQI
Have you ever heard a Protestant say that Christians should not baptize infants because infants cannot have faith? After hearing this, you may have reflected
One of my favorite internet memes, going quiet and then recurring over the years with a regularity Halley’s Comet might envy, goes something like this:
A few years ago I heard about a book from a friend titled Anything: The Prayer That Unlocked My God and My Soul. Though I
Before I explain my thoughts on why prayer should not be used as a punishment for children, first I need to explain what I specifically
Perhaps one of the hidden “blessings” of having to stay home all the time of this pandemic is being able to spend an inordinate amount
Faith education by attending Mass in this trying period of being quarantined due to the covid-19 pandemic can be very challenging. For us parents, as
I have been called many things in my life: a good soldier, a solid worker, a model employee, and even a good husband. Those things
Each year, as the Christmas season approaches, I find myself caught up in sweet surrender to the mystery of the incarnation. I am overwhelmed with
Where do we find faith and witness Christ? My journey and the grace of God have allowed me to discover the most beautiful theology and
I recently participated in a training course for the International Federation for Family Development, where families met from all over Europe and a couple from
I urge you to answer this question for yourself before you read on. I myself am constantly reformulating my answer and expanding on what is
The secret to happiness: fall in love, get married, have babies – once undisputedly known to be the key to the majority of people’s happiness,
I remember, when my first son was born, my wife and I made the decision to stop by her grandfather’s house on the way home
It was easier to act like something I wasn’t before having kids. It was easier to convince myself I was something I wasn’t before having
Having only been a parent for four years now gives me a relatively limited view of parenthood. On top of that, I am part of
A month or two ago I started wondering about the Christmas season. Specifically, I wondered why it seemed so much more magical to me as
Many Families, Many Approaches There are as many ways to manage a family with young children at Mass as there are families that attend. Many
A young child, who knows enough words to communicate, can describe their prenatal memories and their birth from their own unique perspective, not as an