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Musings of a Young Parent

Cameron Edman January 27, AD2018 2 Comments

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

Household Examens: Habits That Aid Reflection and Invite Grace

Suellen Brewster January 27, AD2018 1 Comment

As a wife and mother, I have several little routines which have become touchstones through the days, weeks and years. They are practices that are

PFLAG ‘T.H.AW.’- A Program to Make Homosexual Behavior ‘Okay’

Gene M. Van Son January 11, AD2018 29 Comments

The announcement in our parish bulletin last spring seemed innocuous enough. A program entitled Transgender Homosexual Awareness (T.H.AW.) was being held to give parishioners

Raising Our Children in the Catholic Faith

Lorelei Savaryn December 10, AD2017 6 Comments

What About Your Children? When we became Catholic, some of our friends were concerned for the sake of our children. Catholics didn’t have children’s programs

prayer, discernment, holiness, praying, intercessory prayer, thanksgiving

Monica’s Miseries and Fortitude’s Strength

Kevin Aldrich December 3, AD2017 3 Comments

These days we hear a lot about “snowflakes.” These are young adults who must be protected from the least slight, whether real or imagined. Fortitude

Homeschooling in Response to Communism

Julie Machado October 5, AD2017 8 Comments

I was recently trying to explain to some American friends in their sixties, who came to visit for dinner, why it is so scandalous in

St. Raymond Nonnatus: Healing Prayers for the Divorced

Anne DeSantis October 4, AD2017 1 Comment

St. Raymond Nonnatus is a saint from the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy or the Mercedarian Order and was born in 1204

The Catholic Church in Detroit is Unleashing the Gospel

Gene M. Van Son September 19, AD2017 14 Comments

The Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Detroit is getting “turbocharged.” At least that is what George Weigel says. In a recent article at First

How One Family Approaches Mass With Young Children

Lorelei Savaryn September 16, AD2017 5 Comments

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

Reigniting the Fire, One Boy at a Time

Sean Morrisroe September 2, AD2017 1 Comment

Feeling alone. We all have felt it. The sense that no one cares or needs you. Though one might be surrounded by dozens of people,

50 Years Later – The Influence of Benedictine Monks and Nuns

Dom Cingoranelli August 24, AD2017 2 Comments

People recounted incidents from the good old days. Embellishments were, of course, a part of the tales, some of which have grown in size and

priest, ordination, priests, Fr. Kapaun, clergy

A Father Remembered

Sean Morrisroe August 2, AD2017 4 Comments

I was in shock standing in the front pew of the church at my father’s service (a traditional funeral was not held). Monsignor was at

The Lost Virtue of Christian Hospitality

Nada Mazzei June 24, AD2017 3 Comments

Summer is a time we invite family and friends over for dinner often. The sun sets later and evenings are warm. It is an ideal

Increase Happiness and Save Our Culture…One Thank You at a Time

Sean Morrisroe May 3, AD2017 No Comments

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

marriage, matrimony, love, faithful, Alzheimer’s

My Grandmother’s Cross Has Become Our Cross

Wendy McMahan April 20, AD2017 2 Comments

My grandmother, Opal, never raised her voice. She found joy in the simplest things: reading a book, playing scrabble, or completing her crossword puzzles. Her

Chastity of Time

Suellen Brewster April 11, AD2017 No Comments

Overwhelmed In their book, “Overwhelmed: How to Quiet the Chaos and Restore Your Sanity,” authors Kathi Lipp and Cheri Gregory, evangelical Christians, offer readers a

Lowering the Bar

Suellen Brewster March 20, AD2017 3 Comments

In an age of rapidly increasing technology, mass higher education, and increasing prosperity it would appear that our lives are forever getting better. Our society

Jane Austen’s Morality Of Marriage

Guy McClung March 16, AD2017 2 Comments

In our time, according to one of several divergent moralities, an act is a heinous hell-damning sin, while another morality will validate that same act