Blessed Pentecost! I’d like to share with you my favorite prayer to the Holy Spirit, formed by Servant of God and founder of the Apostolic Movement of Schoenstatt, Fr. Joseph Kentenich. The roots of this prayer go back to Désiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier (1851-1926), a Belgian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Read more
Parents, take heart! A new study conducted at three North American universities – University of British Columbia, University of California Riverside, and Stanford University – has found that people who have children “report relatively higher levels of happiness, positive emotion, and meaning in life” than people who do not by means of Read more
Who’s in charge of your life? When everything seems to be going awry, who do you depend upon to pull you out of the muck? When you’ve achieved a success, who gets the credit? How do you keep yourself steady in desperate situations? Although some many prefer we think so, Read more
Friends, I just ran across Catholic News Agency’s article on The Catholic Association, a growing Catholic organization that “aims to help lay men and women take action to protect conscience rights and religious freedom.” I think this is great news, and I bet you’ll think so, too. I browsed the association’s Read more
ON THE HOLY SPIRIT’S PRAYER IN US: ‘ABBA! FATHER!’ “God has inscribed Himself in our hearts” Dear Friends, Below you’ll find the full text of Pope Benedict XVI’s General Audience of yesterday, May 23, courtesy of Zenit.org. The Holy Father speaks of the profound significance of fatherhood, and how the Read more
Unbelievable. Tonight, our youngest child will be confirmed – our last Mohican. This is the last “big” sacrament we’ll celebrate as Fenelon Clan. Of course, receiving the holy Eucharist is a major celebration every single time we receive Him, and receiving the sacrament of Penance should simply delight us each Read more
Great news! I’ll be a guest on the Son Rise Morning Show tomorrow (5/15) at 6:05am CST regarding my latest National Catholic Register column. Host Brian Patrick and I will be chatting about parenting “adult” children. Join us live or listen to the podcast later, here.