Articles in 'Marriage and Family'
On Daughters, children, and Children of God
On Daughters, children, and Children of God
By Catherine Garrett
When we had our first daughter, I used to think that no ones hair could ever be as beautiful as her golden locks. So silky and soft and it shone so beautifully! Our second daughter was born, and her hair grew into golden strawberry colored curls! Not more beautiful than her sisters of course! But each held their own beauty! And her laugh was simply the cutest ever.
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Confessions of a Caregiver Part II: Tools for Good Works
Confessions of a Caregiver Part II: Tools for Good Works
By Lora Wilson
My husband has Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson's disease is the gradual degeneration of the nerve cells in the brain that control movement. Ordinary tasks are now challenging or exceptionally time-consuming for him. In large and small ways, Parkinson’s has changed the dynamic of our marriage from partners to caregiver and patient.
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The "song" of the Church
The "song" of the Church
By LaJuan Tallo
Lately there has been a lot of crying during Mass in our little parish. After what seemed like forever, we suddenly have a parish full of little ones again. I like to call the crying and little noises we hear the "song" of the Church.
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Protecting Life in a NeoNatal Unit
Protecting Life in a NeoNatal Unit
By Melanie Jean Juneau
Pregnant with my seventh child, I was bedridden in the high-risk, neo-natal wing of the maternity ward for a week with other mothers desperate to save our unborn babies. I was waiting for a housekeeper to come run my home and help tend my six children.
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Heart Stopping Moments
Heart Stopping Moments
By Jennifer Elia
As mothers we have all experienced that moment when your heart freezes, when you lose a few years, when the extra gray hairs pop up. After eleven years and two rambunctious and fearless boys, I have had more than my fair share. However, there is one moment that I will never recover from.
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Dowry
Dowry
By Barbara Golder
Because I took a step out of my comfort zone for about thirty seconds a year or so ago, I learned to cook Kenyan style. And I learned something about God in the process.
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Confessions of a Caregiver Part I:  Trust in God
Confessions of a Caregiver Part I:  Trust in God
By Lora Wilson
Ease is defined as: freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort; freedom from concern, anxiety, or solicitude; a quiet state of mind; freedom from difficulty or great effort.
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The Darkness: Our Catholic Moment of Opportunity
The Darkness: Our Catholic Moment of Opportunity
By Greg Schlueter
What a couple of weeks for Catholics. We share God's heavy heart. The Supreme Court presumed to reduce nature and marriage to one's feelings. Planned Parenthood was found harvesting and selling body parts. New stats suggest the Light to be all the more obscured. Less than 25% Catholics attend Mass. Only 13% pray before meals. Most worship more at the altar of pop culture.
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Bishop Daniel Thomas Challenges Us to Live IT! [Preparing for World Meeting of Families]
Bishop Daniel Thomas Challenges Us to Live IT! [Preparing for World Meeting of Families]
By Greg Schlueter
I have a rather difficult question to ask, but if considered honestly it can pave the way to great joy. Perhaps you’ve even heard it before. It's a question all the great saints have asked. When you’re on your deathbed, reflecting back upon your life, how you lived, what you lived for… what do you imagine you’ll regret most?
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Manners, Southern Style
Manners, Southern Style
By Barbara Golder
Anyone who comes to the South understands very quickly that there is a code of gentility—manners—that governs every aspect of life. It’s a little complex sometimes, but all of us who live here understand it. After a time, it becomes such a part of life that we don’t even think about it any more, we just do it.
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There is a crack in everything; that's how the light gets in
There is a crack in everything; that's how the light gets in
By Jeffrey Battiston
In his song, Anthem, Leonard Cohen uses the refrain, “There is a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in.” Whatever else Leonard Cohen had in mind when he coined that phrase, it says something about how wisdom, compassion, and morality seep into our lives.
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She Made People Smile
She Made People Smile
By Joseph P. Thomas
When it comes to our opinions of someone else, haven’t we all, at one time or another, made assumptions based on fear rather than logic? Because we did not know or understand his person well enough, they must be undesirable and therefore not to be included in our inner circles. They must be shunned or ridiculed or at best ignored!
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Why do we look at Confirmation as a Graduation?
Why do we look at Confirmation as a Graduation?
By Tess Shore
It seems as children are starting to view Confirmation as a Graduation. After the Bishop confirms the candidates, it is like everyone says now we are done with the Sacraments in the Catholic Church. Yet, we are forgetting that we still get to receive the Eucharist and Reconciliation on a daily basis. So then, why is Confirmation seen as the Graduation of the Church...
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But What Does It Really Mean?
But What Does It Really Mean?
By Joni Johnson
Over the past several weeks, I have read various articles concerning the appropriate response to the United States Supreme Court’s decision regarding gay “marriage.” There is quite a large body of information, and many great ideas on how to show love in spite of disagreeing with a lifestyle.
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See No Evil: Why the Detroit Satanic Statue Unnerves and Disturbs Me Beyond Reason
See No Evil: Why the Detroit Satanic Statue Unnerves and Disturbs Me Beyond Reason
By Melanie R. Cameron
I saw the article in America Magazine online, and there was this photo of the actual statue that's been approved for display in Detroit right next to other religious displays like the Ten Commandments. Seriously, just to go back and get the link for this article, I avoided seeing the picture again.
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I Could Have Praised More
I Could Have Praised More
By Heidi Bock
August 5th marks the fifth anniversary of my mother’s death. Not a day goes by in which I am not aware that life is without her now. I miss her, I will always miss her. I miss the Dots and donuts. Miss the far-too-pink-pink lipstick she was never without. I miss the licked fingertips, circling plates of blueberry scone crumbs. I miss every Christmas she made special.
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St. Clare, Defender of Faith
St. Clare, Defender of Faith
By Julianne McCullagh
*O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, for the salvation of souls, the reparation of sins, the reunion of all Christians, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father this month. Amen.*
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