As we celebrate the feast of a particularly awesome mom, St. Monica, enjoy this list of other awesome moms who are canonized saints or blesseds. These women show us the grit and grace needed to fulfill the vocation of raising saints. 1. St. Monica You can’t...
Stay-at-home moms. Working moms. Widowed moms. Moms who lost their children. Moms who went on to be religious. Moms of difficult children. Moms of saints! The Church honors all types of mothers! With the Blessed Virgin Mary as their example, each of these women lived...
You might not want to think about a return back to school or work now that summer is over, but it’s inevitable. For some of us, it’s the start of something new and exciting. For others, it’s a return to a place that isn’t always rainbows and sunshine. In fact, it can...
There are a lot of distractions in our culture today (cell phones, iPads, laptops, the “need” to be busy, etc.) which have unfortunately seeped into the family meal. The kids are distracted, the parents are distracted and tired after working all day, so there is not a...
After months of doing the same thing, day in and day out, most of us tend to get a little bored with the routine. This can be especially true when it comes to our prayer life. Being in “summer vacation mode” can make it easier for us to become more negligent when it...
