Out-of-wedlock births falling: “People are just not having the kids”
From The New York Times: Single parenthood was on a “mysterious and alarming rise,” becoming a “huge problem,” according to a 2013 article in the Atlantic. The lawyer defending same-sex marriage bans...
View ArticleA priest’s wife tells her story
Over at CNEWA, we’ve just posted online the Summer edition of our award-winning magazine, ONE. The issue features a fascinating glimpse into the life of a married Orthodox priest in suburban Chicago...
View ArticleOut-of-wedlock births falling: “People are just not having the kids”
From The New York Times: Single parenthood was on a “mysterious and alarming rise,” becoming a “huge problem,” according to a 2013 article in the Atlantic. The lawyer defending same-sex marriage bans...
View ArticleA priest’s wife tells her story
Over at CNEWA, we’ve just posted online the Summer edition of our award-winning magazine, ONE. The issue features a fascinating glimpse into the life of a married Orthodox priest in suburban Chicago...
View ArticleWhy do kids leave the Church? These Catholic moms offer some answers.
From America: Over 500 respondents took part in our informal survey on Catholic motherhood, conducted via America’s email newsletter and social media platforms. Twenty-five percent told America that...
View ArticleBishop approves alternative to Boy Scouts as a Catholic apostolate
The following press release landed in my mailbox a short time ago: Thousands of young men and their fathers across the country found their prayers answered yesterday when Most Rev. Michael F. Olson,...
View ArticleDressing a child as Hitler for Halloween?
Is this a trend?: A junior high special education teacher claims that her son’s shocking Hitler costume — which included a brush mustache and a Nazi swastika on a red armband — was merely the result of...
View Article‘By the Grace of God’: The Story of a Marriage You Just Have to See
From the Archdiocese of Washington YouTube page comes this stirring testimonial from a couple marking 45 years of marriage, Sharon and Lee Johnson. Just watch.
View Article‘I’m sorry, Mom, but I don’t think I’ll be Catholic when I’m an adult…’
Dear Church: can’t we do better than this? This cri de coeur comes from my blogging colleague Rebecca Frech: Before our children were even old enough to attend them, we heard of the beauty of...
View Article‘God put the wiggle in children — don’t feel you have to suppress it in God’s...
This morning, I saw a post on Facebook from a priest, describing how a parishioner apologized to him for her children making so much noise during Mass. The priest didn’t mind at all, and wanted to make...
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