How to Turn Grouchy People into Blessings
When you stop to count your blessings, do not forget to give God a big thank you to for all the difficult people in your life. They are bursting with the potential to bless you, but it all depends on whether you respond with love and mercy, or you can get angry and...
Crazy Things Only Catholic Kids Do
Children are wonderful, embarrassing, adorable, innocent, honest to a fault. They can have you laughing for years over the things they have done that have made you hide behind your missal at church out of embarrassment or regaining composure from a fit of giggles....
Being Further Open to the Holy Spirit
The third person of the holy trinity is the holy spirit. The holy spirit is a valuable aspect of our lives as it is how God speaks to us. We were baptized into the faith and then confirmed as Catholics. These two sacraments give us this great gift. Confirmation is the...
Are Catholic Families Letting Go of CCD?
The Good Old Days Eight years ago, our two-church parish in Massachusetts had over 1,400 children enrolled in the Religious Education program (commonly called Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, CCD for short). The two biggest classes were sacramental years: second...