Category: Family

Coming Out: Catholic

Coming Out: Catholic

[ 0 ] April 11, 2013 AD |

Christ equals Love It was just another typical night out with a good friend. I was in my early twenties and life back then seemed so carefree. We had finished getting something to eat and my friend was about to drop me off at home. While enjoying a great conversation, he turned to me and said [...]

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Helping Young Families: The Church’s Job?

Helping Young Families: The Church’s Job?

[ 0 ] January 4, 2013 AD |

This past month I’ve been thinking about the difficulties of raising young families. Conversations with friends and family and my own lived experiences have left me wondering how we are supposed to do all that is asked of us in raising a young family. No sleep, diapers, laundry, meals….it’s just crazy hard sometimes! After reading [...]

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The NFP Generation

The NFP Generation

[ 2 ] December 31, 2012 AD |

I’m 24 years old and two years out of college, which puts me at that age when nearly all my friends are getting married. It seems to me very common that young married couples of the “good Catholic” variety are beginning their marriage with a year or two (or a few) of NFP. Our generation [...]

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Recapture the Meaning of Some Christmas Traditions

Recapture the Meaning of Some Christmas Traditions

[ 4 ] December 20, 2012 AD |

As a half-German, half-Hispanic American, whose family held onto many traditions, I have a strong sense of their value. Even though many of my family’s traditions may have been modified to better suit our time and needs, an emphasis was always put on our reception of what we do from our predecessors. We do not [...]

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Newtown: A Lesson on Giving Thanks

Newtown: A Lesson on Giving Thanks

[ 2 ] December 17, 2012 AD |

Dear Fellow Parents, Tragedy has its way of undoing tightly wound things. If anything at all, the depot we pull into this day has completely changed. Everything is new about this town, or at least it should be…after Newtown. As parents, we have so much for which to be thankful, those of us who still hold our children at [...]

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