Articles in 'Marriage and Family'
NFP Myths: Facts or Fiction?
NFP Myths: Facts or Fiction?
By Shannon Whitmore
Six weeks after my son John was born, I had my postpartum appointment, a visit that many Catholic couples dread. They often find themselves on the defensive as they try to explain why they don’t need to be sent home with a pack of condoms and a prescription for the pill.
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The Joey Scam
The Joey Scam
By Sue Hallett
My 90-year-old mother called around 10 this morning. She was a bit sheepish. “Are you busy today?” she asked, her usual prelude to a request for help from me. I said that I was planning to stop by at 3 p.m. to do a few things for her. She said that it needed to be sooner.
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God's Awesome Design for Depression
God's Awesome Design for Depression
By Greg Schlueter
Experts have been drawing attention to a growing, culture-wide epidemic of depression. Before another word, please note: My use of “depression” in this article is not in the clinical sense. I’m not a psychologist. I’ve never seen a counselor. I’m not on medication.
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The Martha Syndrome
The Martha Syndrome
By Marie Murphy Duess
I’m a Martha Stewart wannabe when it comes to entertaining. As a child, I loved setting the table for my parents’ guests, and my tables became even more elaborate when I married and started to entertain in my own home. No guest ever leaves a dinner party without a handmade favor. And I spend hours preparing the meals I serve, frantic that I get it right.
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A Wall Only Separates, It never Brings Together
A Wall Only Separates, It never Brings Together
By Raymond Moon
Today, I posted a simple statement about what I would do if a certain political presidential candidate actually won and actually started to build a wall, a yuuuuge wall. I stated that I would be one of those crazy Catholics who would go down to the border and protest the building of the wall.
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Family, Friends, People in Purgatory and Ethiopia
Family, Friends, People in Purgatory and Ethiopia
By Jen Schlameuss-Perry
If there’s one thing that my Catholic Elementary School education taught me, it was to look outside myself in all situations, but particularly when there’s suffering involved. Having gone to a small school, teachers sometimes got recycled into different grades, causing me to have one teacher both in 5th and 7th grade. This teacher had a very specific way of incorporating prayer into our class time
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How being a parent helped me better understand God
How being a parent helped me better understand God
By Emily Allen
Becoming a mother has opened my eyes to just how much of children we truly are in the eyes of God. The interactions I have with my son on a daily basis have offered true insight into the relationship between God and man. There’s a sense of immeasurable love for my child, and a desire to keep him safe from any sadness or danger. I also have a better sense than he does about what’s best for him.
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Moral Relativism: The Price Our Children May Pay
Moral Relativism: The Price Our Children May Pay
By Patricia Mann
Relativism is a buzz-word for those who are concerned about morality in our current society. This world-view rejects absolute truth and universal standards of moral conduct for the preferences, choices, and values of the individual.
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This College Kid Can Teach All of Us a Lesson*
This College Kid Can Teach All of Us a Lesson*
By Larry Peterson
Most Catholics know of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. The Society has been helping people in need for over 180 years. What most Catholics do not know is that St. Vincent de Paul is not the founder of the society. It is simply named after him because of his lifelong example of Christian charity. So, if it was not founded by St. Vincent de Paul where did it come from? How did it begin?
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Abortion
Abortion
By Robert Louis Rodriguez
Abortion: A polarizing topic that I believe gives us a sneak peek into the windows of our minds and souls. Now my intention is not to pass judgement on those who support it-actually yes it is-tons of judgement. Just as we judged slavery to be morally wrong and reprehensible to support, the topic of abortion is no less different. I’ve had people close to me openly express their support for abortion
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Wait...Just A Little Bit Longer
Wait...Just A Little Bit Longer
By Linda Delia
Today marks one week that I dropped my youngest child - my son - off at college. The week has been quiet, with lots of time for thinking. I've done my best to avoid the conversations that started "So, how'd he make out?" , "What's it feel like?" and "Are you done crying?".
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What I've Learned from my Spiritual Director
What I've Learned from my Spiritual Director
By Malleson Emmerling
A few years ago, I found myself smack dab in “mid life” gasping for air. I couldn’t breath. The reality that my 20-year marriage had ended left me in shock. It was as if I had been run over by a truck — a big, nasty, mud truck. Confused and unable to think clearly, I sought help from my parish priest.
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Charity is no substitute for Justice Withheld
Charity is no substitute for Justice Withheld
By Eric Wojtkun
"Charity is no substitute for justice withheld." - St Augustine. With this simple statement we can understand most of the dysfunction in the world arising from modernism and its variant philosophies.
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A Divorce Society
A Divorce Society
By Samuel Matthews
We have lost our reverence for the Sacrament of Martrimony. You hear this a lot in reference to the legalization of homosexual "unions," which are indeed a terrible mockery of the indissoluble union between man and woman instituted by God. But this is just one of the symptoms of a culture bereft of respect for matrimony, and a rather minor one at that.
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Bill Donaghy & TOB: Step Away from the Insanity Into Reality
Bill Donaghy & TOB: Step Away from the Insanity Into Reality
By Melanie Jean Juneau
After interviewing Bill Donaghy from The Theology of the Body Institute about their upcoming Congress this September, I was filled with hope and joy for the Church.
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You're Not a Bad Mom
You're Not a Bad Mom
By Jennifer Edwards
What happens when you take a pin to a balloon? Ummm...it pops? Yup! Which is what happens to me when you disobey me. Consider yourself informed.
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Most Blessed Saint Anthony of Padua
Most Blessed Saint Anthony of Padua
By Michelle Nicholl
Do you ever find yourself frantically running around from place to place, like a chicken with its head cut off, looking for something that somehow you've managed to lose or misplace again? Do you ever find yourself getting more and more anxious by the minute because you can't find it, and begin to wonder if it's lost forever?
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