Marge Fenelon

In this Year for Priests, it’s fitting that we spend time thinking about the common priesthood. That is, the priesthood to which those of us who have not been ordained are called through our baptism. I don’t want to take anything away from the ministerial priesthood; there would be no Church without it. But I’d like to spin a few … Continue reading →

Here’s a great quote from St. Francis de Sales that speaks to the idea of prophetic attachments. It’s from his Introduction to the Devout Life: “In the creation God commanded the plants to bring forth their fruit, each one after its kind. Even so, he commands Christians, who are the living plants of his church, to bring forth fruits of … Continue reading →

I’m taking a little break in our ongoing dialogue about the spirituality of marriage to draw attention to a critical issue that faces not only Catholic couples but all of humanity. Stanford University recently announced that a team of researchers has discovered a way to coax stem cells will into becoming eggs and sperm. On the surface this could seem … Continue reading →

Where ever we go, we’re surrounded by the little profits that God has put in our lives to remind us of his power and his love for us. It’s easy to see this in nature when we can observe the beauty and magnificence of God’s design. Saints throughout the ages have written about this and it’s no wonder that we … Continue reading →

When we hear the word “prophetic”, we might think of the Old Testament prophets who time and again tried to bring the people of Israel back to God and thus paving the way for the coming of the Savior. Isn’t that still true in our world today? We continue to try to open our hearts wider and wider for God … Continue reading →

As married people living in the world, we have the principal role to help one another — especially our spouses and children — to learn to love the material world correctly. This is part of our call to holiness as described by the documents of Vatican II Council. The faithful, therefore, must learn the deepest meaning and the value of … Continue reading →

This new outlook on life begins with our view of material things. How do we affect them and how do we let them affect us? In other words, do we control them or do they control us? We have to learn how to do the following: – to affirm material things- to use material things- to appreciate material things- and … Continue reading →

Would you agree that each community of religious and clergy are called to live a particular spirituality? I think most of us would. I wonder, however, if we have ever considered marriage in that same light. Do we realize that married persons also are called to live a particular spirituality? For those of us called to the vocation of marriage, … Continue reading →

“There will be an assault on the institution of marriage,” Santorum promised his audience. “Why? Because the left knows that they can’t really have government come in and take control of everything unless they destroy the family. Unless you destroy the family and destroy the Church they cannot ultimately be successful in getting socialism to be accepted in this country … Continue reading →

As of today, Mark and I have been married for 27 years. I find it somewhat amusing in a not at all funny kind of way that things seem to have come full circle since the day we were married. Girls are back in bell bottomed hip-huggers, baby-doll tops, flip flop sandals, and long straight hair. Guys are wearing tossled … Continue reading →