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In the depths of Pentecost days

August 31, 2020 By Kit Lonergan 4 Comments

It takes me by surprise when I am buying back to school supplies that we are still in the liturgical season of Pentecost, and will be for even longer, beyond purchasing the discounted Halloween Candy, all the way to the tip of Black Friday.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: back to school, communication, ordinary time, parenting, special needs

Conversations, Spoken and Unspoken

August 13, 2020 By Matthew Cadden Hyde  1 Comment

I recently had a conversation with someone about their autistic son. It wasn’t a comfortable chat, being marked with regret and sadness and questions about faith. I

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A Crowded Stable

January 3, 2019 By Kit Lonergan 10 Comments

As I stared at the crowds amassed around our holy family, it occurred to me that with our first child, other than the occasional comment on our parenting and her stranger glare reserved demeanor, we were pretty much left alone as parents to sink or float.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Parenting Tagged With: Christmas, Family, Holy Family, nativity, parenting, special needs

What is the full stature of Christ? My son and I are learning together.

February 7, 2017 By Kit Lonergan 9 Comments

Our son’s gifts will bring God glory in their own ways, in their own times.

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Nothing separates us – or our son with special needs – from the love of God.

May 20, 2016 By Melissa Wilcox 11 Comments

Parenting a child with special needs is living with the beloved child you have and not the one you had imagined.

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