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Housework Survey- October 2014

By Kiara Pirola | August 29, 2014

Hello and thank you for taking the time to fill in this survey! It should take you about five minutes. We will be tallying up…

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Too Many Children?

By Kiara Pirola | July 7, 2014

Cross-posted from Lightly Salted, by Peter Holmes a father of eight. Today I was chatting with a friend who has a largish family. When I say ‘largish’,…

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Growing in Love

By Kiara Pirola | June 5, 2014

The popularity of St Valentine’s Day grew out of the joy of celebrating romantic married love. The celebration also encourages us to renew and develop…

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The Annunciation!

By Kiara Pirola | March 26, 2014

“Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ.” Pope John Paul II, October 22, 1978

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Happy St Patrick’s Day!

By Kiara Pirola | March 17, 2014

Created with Haiku Deck, the free presentation app For St Patrick’s Breastplate: Click here.

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I used to pray…

By Kiara Pirola | March 12, 2014

“When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. But I realised that the Lord doesn’t work that way.…

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Christmas Consumers

By Kiara Pirola | March 10, 2014

Jesus tells us that we cannot serve two masters, God and money. How did we end up with Christmas becoming so commercialised? Catholic families the…

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Couple Play

By Kiara Pirola | February 27, 2014

Play is not only important for children, it’s important for adults and for couples as well. It helps us to develop vital virtues in our…

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Getting Serious about Play

By Kiara Pirola | February 25, 2014

What are your childhood memories? I immediately think of happy times playing in the garden, building cubbies out of cardboard boxes, climbing trees, inventing adventure…

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Jacob Popcak Cartoons

By Kiara Pirola | February 25, 2014

“Strangely, it doesn’t seem as though Jimmy’s doing well under these conditions.” -Jacob Popcak “The most important skills that children everywhere must learn in order…

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Being Prolife

By Kiara Pirola | February 24, 2014

Stories of Life “Four weeks into marriage we found out Liesel was pregnant with our first child. I can still remember having that “Oh Crap”…

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Spiritual Guardians

By Francine and Byron Pirola | February 23, 2014

Every person is created with a divine destiny: God created us for eternal union with him. Our earthly life is preparation for this union but…

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