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Devote June to the Sacred Heart, NOT Disordered Sexuality (Part 2)

Dan Fitzpatrick June 2, AD2026 1 Comment

Part 1 of this article looked at how our pagan, secular society promotes sexual disorder by celebrating so-called Pride Month.  This promotion profanes God. Catholic families

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Devote June to the Sacred Heart, NOT Disordered Sexuality (Part 1)

Dan Fitzpatrick June 1, AD2026 3 Comments

Today’s profane, pagan secular society says the month of June is for promoting and praising sexual disorder.  They say June is Pride Month. You can’t

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Whom Your Children Surround Themselves With Matters

Dan Fitzpatrick May 16, AD2026 No Comments

It is important to understand that the people we surround ourselves with have a massive impact on our lives. Our approach to life, the goals

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Teaching Your Children (or Grandchildren) Humility

Dan Fitzpatrick May 2, AD2026 No Comments

Many adults say today’s children and young adults are the me-generation, the selfie-generation, or the narcissistic-generation. But it is today’s parents that bear the blame

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Dietrich von Hildebrand and Pope John Paul II on Marriage

Joe Tevington April 24, AD2026 No Comments

Called the “20th century doctor of the Church” by Pope Pius XII, the philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand was also an outspoken critic of Adolph Hitler, leading

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Eucharist

April Is the Month of the Eucharist

Dan Fitzpatrick April 13, AD2026 No Comments

The Catholic Church has long assigned special devotions to each month of the year.  April is for honoring the Holy Eucharist. This practice of monthly

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You Will Find Rest When You Yoke Yourself to Jesus

Dan Fitzpatrick March 31, AD2026 1 Comment

Everyone experiences feelings of overwhelmingness, depression, and hopelessness when personal problems, physical challenges, and troubling thoughts become too much. During these times, what is the

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family, father, mother, marriage

A 100-Second Daily Routine for Teens and Preteens

Dan Fitzpatrick March 19, AD2026 No Comments

There is much depravity, immoral technology, and evil-intent modernism seductively waved in the face of today’s adolescents.  Parents need to exercise caution. Catholic parents are

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Five Actions for Your Family to Take Before Mass

Dan Fitzpatrick March 3, AD2026 4 Comments

Mass should be the highlight of a Catholic family’s week. And meticulously preparing for it helps us experience the Sacrifice of the Mass on a

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Lent Is Like ‘Pre-Season’ Training

Dan Fitzpatrick February 17, AD2026 3 Comments

Athletes and Catholics are similar in that they have two main seasons – pre-season and in-season. In this analogy, the liturgical year periods of Christmas,

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education, catechesis

Go Against the Current When Educating Your Children – Part 2

Dan Fitzpatrick January 22, AD2026 1 Comment

One enormous advantage of being homeschooled is that each child can be taught when he or she is emotionally ready and intellectually mature enough to

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Go Against the Current When Educating Your Children – Part 1

Dan Fitzpatrick January 21, AD2026 2 Comments

Except in rare circumstances, Catholic or Christian parents should not enroll their children in a public school.  These government-run, atheistic schools are simply inferior to

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Cussing, Cursing and Swearing . . . Oh My!

Dan Fitzpatrick January 3, AD2026 6 Comments

Many people habitually emit curse words in everyday conversations. But treating crude language as no big deal is a sign that society has degraded. Today,

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Dads and Husbands should Emulate St. Joseph

Dan Fitzpatrick December 28, AD2025 1 Comment

During Advent and Christmas seasons, Catholics’ attention focus mainly on “baby” Jesus.  So, too, we celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and contemplate Jesus’

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Mass

Keep the “Mass” in “Christmas”

Dan Fitzpatrick December 6, AD2025 3 Comments

This time of year, Christians frequently declare, “Keep ‘Christ’ in ‘Christmas’!” It’s a good motto to follow. But just as important for Catholics is to

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The Christmas Season Is Still A Long Ways Away

Dan Fitzpatrick November 29, AD2025 5 Comments

November will soon end and December will begin. To most people that erroneously means it is Christmas season. Devout Catholic families know this is not

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Live Your Life Knowing that Hell is Real – Part 2

Dan Fitzpatrick November 13, AD2025 1 Comment

Parents should explain to their children, at an appropriate age, and in a nonthreatening manner, the reality of evil and the devil.  One can even

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fire, hate, The Olympics, Hell

Live Your Life Knowing that Hell is Real – Part 1

Dan Fitzpatrick November 12, AD2025 1 Comment

Our primary goal in life is to get to Heaven. Everything is secondary to this. Earthly problems fade away, but Heaven and Hell are forever.

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Three Straight Days Worthy of Commemoration

Dan Fitzpatrick October 28, AD2025 No Comments

A trifecta of special days takes place at the end of every October.  And Catholic parents trying to raise their children counter-culturally would do well

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Bring Back the Celebration of Christopher Columbus Day

Dan Fitzpatrick October 12, AD2025 4 Comments

Nowadays, many journalists and public school teachers, along with the entire woke culture, focus solely on the negativities surrounding Christopher Columbus and not his positive

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education, catechesis

Catholic Schools Denying Truth When It Comes to Human Sexuality

Dan Fitzpatrick October 3, AD2025 4 Comments

During my 40 years as a Catholic school educator, with 34 of those as a Catholic school principal, I witnessed a lot of disheartening change. 

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Catholic schools

How Is Security at Your Child’s Catholic School?

Dan Fitzpatrick September 15, AD2025 2 Comments

In the wake of the horrific murders of Catholic school children at Annunciation School in Minneapolis, parents throughout the country are understandably concerned that a

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