In my book, Strengthening Your Family: A Catholic Approach to Holiness at Home, I give considerable attention to charitable admonishment between family members, giving some very practical guidance for doing so. In his Lenten message for 2012, Pope Benedict XVI speaks in a most beautiful way about the same kind Read more
Great news! On Tuesday, February 14, at 7:05am EST, Brian Patrick and I will be chatting on the Sonrise Morning Show about compatibility in marriage, based on my column for Fathers for Good, Compatibly Incompatible. How can we change for the sake of our spouses? Great Valentine’s Day topic. Not Read more
This is the first of my February columns for the Knights of Columbus “Fathers for Good.” Yep, we’re the couple who was told never to marry. Here’s the link: Compatibly Incompatible
Well, friends. If folks keep sweet-talking my book, Strengthening Your Family: A Catholic Approach to Holiness at Home, I might just have to go ahead and write another! Sarah Reinhard has posted a fantastic review of Strengthening Your Family on her blog, SnoringScholar.com (just gotta love that name, dontcha?). Sarah Read more
Friends, Here’s the link to Patti Armstrong’s review of Strengthening Your Family: A Catholic Approach to Holiness at Home on The Integrated Catholic Life. My special thanks to Patti for her thoughtful and in-depth review. I’m also pleased that she thought so highly of my book! Thank you, Patti! I Read more
Today, I received a wonderful little piece by way of a friend’s blog. It’s a brief biography of Captain Georg Ritter von Trapp, subject of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s famous 1965 musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, “The Sound of Music.” http://madmonarchist.blogspot.com/2012/01/monarchist-profile-captain-georg-ritter.html I enjoyed the bio because it mentioned a Read more
Our bishops are continuing forward in their march against the HHS mandate stating that all insurance plans – including those provided by faith-based groups – must cover contraceptives, including abortifacients and sterilization. But the tone is changing, and it sends shivers down my spine. This past weekend parishes country-wide heard Read more