Archive for December 2014
The Intentional Family
Plan your family fun these holidays… Creating Memories Think back to a favourite Christmas holiday memory. Was it one of those simple, spontaneous moments, or was there some planning involved? Usually there is at least some forethought whether to plan a trip away, or simply spend a day at the beach, and for every child’s…
Read MoreSpousal Gifts
It was 1985 and our whole family had gone to hear a talk by visiting Jesuit Father Charles Gallagher. He was proposing a radical approach to Christmas: cancel the bought presents and give gifts of personal sacrifice, affirmation, service and kindness. Instead of the usual toys, movie tickets, clothes or festive foods, he challenged us…
Read MoreGrateful
“It was a typical school yard conversation. A bunch of mothers were talking about the various challenges their kids were facing – the usual stuff. “You just want them to be happy, you know” was the concluding statement.” – Barbara Thriving Kids We all know that when kids are happy, they tend to thrive at…
Read MoreDays of Gratitude
Here at CathFamily, we’re a little bit into Gratitude at the moment! Consciously cultivating gratitude in your life can alter the way you see the world… for the better. Seeing the goodness in everything and everyone, and making an effort to acknowledge it, dramatically shifts the way we see our own life, the people in…
Read More2015 January
From the Editor It’s Christmas! And in Australia, that means long summer holidays. So we have re-published a previous edition to keep the Christmas Spirit going all season long. It’s been an exciting year, with our shiny new website and our shiny new eMagazine too. Next year we’ve got big plans, so please stay tuned!…
Read MoreChristmas Card-o-Envelope
Want something a bit different to the usual mass-produced greeting cards? Try our environmentally-friendly Christmas card-o-envelope for a nifty way to make a card and envelope from one piece of A4 paper. We have 2 versions, one colour and one black and white that the kids can colour-in! It’s as simple as downloading the template…
Read More2014 December
From the Editor Advent is upon us! In this edition, our Christmas focus is Surprise Babies in honour of the ultimate surprise baby, Jesus. This month’s article features the testimony of Louise Elliott, one of our readers whose ‘surprise baby’ was born a week before Christmas in 2013. The article also shares some insights into…
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