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Saint Francis
From Party Boy To Radical Christ-Follower St Francis (born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone) was the popular son of a silk merchant who dreamed of…
The man village
Where a child’s own father is struggling or absent through separation, extensive work commitments, prolonged illness, death or some other circumstance it’s even more important…
Dads + Kids = Kids + Church
Kiara Pirola examines some recent statistics on the unique impact that fathers have on their children’s spiritual development and decisions about worship practice later in…
The Ultimate Guide To Family Prayer For Busy Parents
Every family is unique and their family prayer life will be too! What works for one family would be impossible for another. Whether it’s highly…
Praying with Younger and Older Kids
Praying with younger kids Toddlerhood is a demanding and often frantic time. It can be tempting to delay introducing regular prayer, but as chaotic as…
Adventures in Family Prayer
Heather, who blogs at Mamma Knows, Honeychild wrote and illustrated this hilarious portrait of her family’s prayer life. It’s just too good not to share…
Mass & Family Prayer: A deep Connection
While Catholic practice rightly emphasises the Mass as the centrepoint, without a broader context of frequent family prayer, Mass alone is insufficient. Vic O’Callaghan, grandfather,…
Simplicity Marriage
By Francine & Byron Pirola A funny thing happens as relationships travel along. At the beginning, the other person is such a novelty that we…
Natural Simplicity
by Kiara Pirola When do people most commonly feel God’s presence? It is rarely at a desk or in front of a screen. Most often,…
Simplicity Parenting
In today’s busy life with too many choices and too little time, more and more children present with anxiety disorders, behavioural problems and an alarming…
Three ways to be a simplicity parent
 Less is more This applies to nearly everything in our children’s environment – their toys, clothes, choices, experiences, gadgets and sensory stimuli. De-cluttering the environment…
The Ultimate Mass Survival: Guide for Parents
Planning ahead Picking a Mass Generally speaking, if you have young children, a morning Mass is better than an evening Mass. Tired kids are not…