reflection
What to Keep Checklist
When deciding what stays and what goes you might want to consider the following: Prayer and reflection. Does your family have a place for quiet,…
Brand New Grandparents
As a grandparent, or expectant one, your relationship with your grandchild comes bundled with your relationship with the parents. It can be helpful to reflect…
Lovers of Life
Deep within the essence of the marital relationship is a parental capacity; the potential for husband and wife to gift each other with the new…
Matrimonied Couples
Are you simply married or are you ‘Matrimonied’? People often point out that Catholics divorce at the same rate as the rest of the population.…
Talking about Sex
“Katrina wasn’t looking forward to the parent puberty information night hosted by the school. She had been fondled by a stranger when she was twelve…
Mixing Faiths
In a way, every marriage is a ‘mixed-faith’ marriage. Even within the same faith tradition, there can be different levels of commitment to the practice…
Saintly Trifecta
At the end of October begins three days of saintly celebrations. Here are some tips to make the most of them. Oct 31: Halloween –…
Spiritual Spring Cleaning
Lent is a wonderful season in the Church calendar – time set aside to renew and prepare ourselves to receive the fullness of life in the resurrection.…