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Building a foundation for generosity

March 19, 2023 By Elizabeth Bentrup Leave a Comment

Why not give more?

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: generosity, Holy Family, parenting, St. Joseph

Prioritizing Lent

March 7, 2023 By Christian Simmers Leave a Comment

As our daughters grow, we have engaged in many conversations around our family values.

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Filed Under: Lent, Parenting Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, Godly Play, Lent, parenting, teenagers

Celebrating Saint Valentine’s Day with Children

February 14, 2023 By Alissa Case Leave a Comment

We know very little for certain about the historical Saint Valentine, but these three things are undisputed

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: Little Way Chapel, Valentine's Day

Saint Peter and the Pressure to Be the Rock

January 18, 2023 By Margaret Ellsworth 1 Comment

I bet there is a “strong one” in your family: the rock on whom the rest of your family can depend.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: Disney, Feast of the Confession of St. Peter, parenting

Changing Diapers, Changing Lives

January 9, 2023 By Jennifer Andrews-Weckerly Leave a Comment

remember the days like the remnants of a dream.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: baby, Forward Movement, pastoral care

What we know to do

December 16, 2022 By Christian Simmers Leave a Comment

“Why do you always do the work in the kitchen at church? Why not Dad?”

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Advent, church, cooking, gun violence

A lunch bag, a water bottle, and an empty tissue box

November 29, 2022 By Kit Lonergan 2 Comments

Not one person in my life would accuse me of being chronically organized.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Advent

Preparing our household for Allhallowtide

October 21, 2022 By Bonnie Smith Whitehouse 2 Comments

When suffering and grief inevitably find them, I want my children to be able to access the rituals of Allhallowtide

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting, Uncategorized Tagged With: All Hallow's Eve, All Saints' Day, all souls, Commemoration of All Faithful Departed, death, parenting

Is God Keeping Track?

October 3, 2022 By Christian Simmers Leave a Comment

The pandemic threw us all out of our routines. Try though we may, our family has struggled to re-establish the weekly patterns we held dear before masks, social distancing, and home antigen tests became part of our daily lives

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: middle school, parenting, volunteer

Help My Unbelief

September 30, 2022 By Laura Shaver 6 Comments

Since the horrific day in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, life has seemed harder. I have had quite the struggle leaning into my faith — not to understand what took place, but to gain a hold of the hope that typically defines my heart.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: doubt, gun violence, parenting, resurrection

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