Columnists
Cristina Montes

Easter Triduum Family Traditions

This year, the biggest feast of Christendom happened to fall on the date of our parents’ fortieth wedding anniversary. I find the coincidence fitting. The

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Family
Michele Chronister

The Sensitive Child and Lent

Lent is one of my favorite times of the Church year. There is a lot of richness in these forty days, and so much opportunity for

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Family
Kat Larson

The Promise

A few weeks ago, I heard a priest talking about a promise during his homily. The readings and the Gospel for that Sunday were about

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Family
Guest Writer

The Radical Ideal of Marriage

Guest post by Mark & Ursula (Tink) Boyd, Chaircouple, Australian Catholic Marriage & Family Council. Jesus knows that we live in a fallen world and

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Columnists
Elizabeth Hoxie

Parish Life on a Military Base

Military families tend to make friends quickly. When deployments and PCS’s loom large, wasting time isn’t an option. You have to make yourself available and

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Family
J.Q. Tomanek

The baptismal name game

I have never met her and don’t think I have even conversed with her on the net.  But if Dwija of House Unseen has her baby

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Family
Bonnie Engstrom

Halloween in our Catholic home

Somewhere between the occult and harvest parties lies what Halloween could and should be. I used to think that I had to keep all ghosts,

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