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April 15, 2017

More Prayers for Austin and Perry: The power of hope and prayer

Perry Cohen (left) and Austin Stephanos of Tequesta, Florida have been missing at sea since they left on a fishing trip on a small boat last Friday afternoon.It's Day 7 in the search for Austin and Perry...And the family and friends of the boys from Tequesta, Florida who disappeared
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April 15, 2017

Praying, and hoping, for peace in Jerusalem’s Old City

Following a week of violence, parishioners of St. Saviour Church in the Old City of Jerusalem came to Mass Oct. 19 to pray.
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: A houseguest for the week, reading at night, a little Shel Silverstein, trains, shorts, and children’s behavior at Mass

Just when I was starting to miss our Elf on the Shelf—and I say that with no sarcasm because I actually do miss the morning hunt for Skylander—a new houseguest arrived for the week: Pete the Cat!Pete is the stuffed friend in our son’s kindergarten classroom who paid us a
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: Talking recycling on Earth Day, work-life balance, being called your sibling’s name, board games, baseball, and Achy Breaky Heart

Happy Earth Day! Our kindergartener is learning all about recycling. He stopped me the other day when I threw something—I think it was a used sandwich bag—into the trash.“We can re-use that!” he said. I suppose we could, though he is clearly more creative and resourceful than I am.Then he
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: Continued birthday celebrations, Old Bay pasta, Pokemon hunting at the beach, school supplies, and how we pack for the beach

We spent last week at the beach, and I have so much to share with you from our trip. I’m hardly sure where to begin—well, besides sharing what it’s like to vacation as a group of 27. Tune in for that post soon.Because we were at the beach for my
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April 15, 2017

31 Days of the Little Way: Greeting Our Children at Mass

Last week we learned that our older son would be reading a petition at the school Mass today. So even though I had to slip out of work for a little while to go, I went.It was the third grade’s turn to assist with the Mass. They read and brought
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April 15, 2017

31 Days of the Little Way: Just What I Needed to Hear

One day last week I was home with our children when the phone rang. It was a man from our health insurance company, offering to call me every month to discuss how our family could make healthier choices.“That’s great,” I said. “I just can’t think of any time we could
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: Someone turned 9, that elusive extra hour, enjoying autumn, dirty dishes, and more

We have a brand-new 9-year-old in the house! I can’t believe Leo is 9. It really is astounding. And yet when I look at him, I can see how mature he is in so many ways. I wonder whether I will love 9 as much as I have loved 2,
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: How Lent is beginning in our household, celebrating Dr. Seuss, grocery shopping with a book, a rainbow, and more

Ah, Lent. Here you are. Coming in with a stomach virus. That’s just fine. I had decided I would not pick my own sacrifice this Lent, and that I would let God take control. So somehow I wasn’t surprised when I had just slipped into bed on Ash Wednesday and I
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April 15, 2017

Young Catholic urges donation of money

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Rich Halvorson is counting on 10 million Americans to fast with him Ash Wednesday, Feb. 21, and to donate the money they would have spent on food to what he terms “highly efficient” charities. Mr. Halvorson, a 25-year-old Catholic from Boise, Idaho, believes the donations could reach $50 million. The charities he’s...
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April 15, 2017

Painful Lessons Learned

By any measure, the allegations of child sexual abuse by a former Penn State University football coach – coupled with the failure of those who knew about the abuse to report it to the appropriate civil authorities – is a sad and horrific situation. It is also tragically familiar.
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April 15, 2017

Life after divorce and loss

How many of us have risen from the dead? How many of us have gone on when we didn’t think we could go on? If you’ve lost a loved one through death, separation or divorce, you know about death. The annual conference sponsored by the Catholic Single Again Council of Baltimore is about new life.
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