Catholic dad Lenny DeLorenzo writes about the busyness we create in our families. But we can use the Sabbath as an organizing principle. Lenny writes: “Observing Sunday well requires daily commitment by putting the most important things in life on the calendar
When her kids were little and they were house hunting, Simcha Fisher promised them that they would find a house where they could hook up a hose: “The place we’d been renting before had no hose spigot, and even though we went
Catholic dad Lenny DeLorenzo writes about the space and culture we create in our homes. Just as the womb is the most intimate and powerful culture for the unborn child, so is the family home the most intimate and powerful culture for
“Big families look really loony to me,” mother of 10 Simcha Fisher writes, ironically, in her latest column. “I have caught myself thinking, ‘Holy cow, how does she DO it?’ when I see a young mom surrounded by little kids on all
On May 28, Gretchen Crowe writes, she and her husband officially became Pauline Cooperators — the lay association of the Pauline family, founded by Blessed James Alberione: “It’s a major commitment, and we spent nearly two years in formation preparing for it.
Sarah Breisch is not your typical struggling artist. The 40-year-old Catholic wife and mother of eight has been producing drawings, paintings and linocuts for years, but only recently has she felt ready to share her art with the world. In a new
Asserting that "it is in the family that many of God's dreams for the human community are realized," Pope Francis asked Catholic universities and Catholic couples around the world to support the "Family Global Compact."
"We cannot resign ourselves to the decline of
“When I was about 12 weeks pregnant with my first baby back in 2016, I cried in my husband’s arms, knowing that my lifelong desire of being a stay-at-home mom with kids was not in God’s plan for our lives,” writes Gretchen
The moving story of Nicole Duque and Austin LeBlanc, a local pro-life couple and active members of St. Joseph Shrine in Detroit and St. Mary Parish in Wayne, has captured the attention of the community. Both faced a challenging pregnancy, expecting the
As we celebrate Eucharistic Revival, speaker and author Katie Prejean McGrady writes: “What if revival, at the root of which is a renewal of our faith and a desire to be ever closer to the Lord, started in the places we already