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Heart to heart: Mary and motherhood

Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Heart to heart: Mary and motherhood
    Fact: Parents worry about their kids every day. No one knows this more than Mary.

Little women: How consumer culture is forcing girls to grow up too fast

Monday, April 2, 2012
Little women: How consumer culture is forcing girls to grow up too fast
Mattel and Abercrombie sell sexiness even to 6-year-olds. Enter those who are fighting back to let girls be girls.At a recent wedding Becky Groth was amazed to see the revealing dress on the beautiful 17-year-old daughter of a close friend. The dress was so skimpy and inappropriate, Groth says, that the girl drew a lot of unwanted attention from young men.

No stereotypes need apply: The depth and vibrancy of Irish culture

Monday, March 12, 2012
No stereotypes need apply: The depth and vibrancy of Irish culture
The kids in the Catholic seventh grade classroom—Hispanics, Filipinos, African Americans, and my own Irish American offspring—took on a project to highlight three aspects of their cultural heritage. As the teacher listened to the kids brainstorming, he turned to my child and said, “Three cultural traits of the Irish?

Go ahead, be a burden to your adult children

Monday, February 27, 2012
Go ahead, be a burden to your adult children
Parents put a great deal of effort into caring for their kids. When the time comes, it’s OK to let them return the favor.My father came home from his service in the Marines in the South Pacific to marry the redheaded girl of his dreams, whom he’d met at St. Francis De Sales in the fifth grade.

Show and tell: Six ways to teach your children the faith

Monday, February 6, 2012
Show and tell: Six ways to teach your children the faith
Handing on the faith to one’s children is a learn-as-you-go thing.Often you find your heart in your mouth, like the day you drove off from the hospital with your first baby and thought wildly, “They’re letting us take this kid out of here?

Christmas presence

Monday, December 5, 2011
Christmas presence
Give the kids your attention before they're left to their own electronic devices.

Don't be scared of Halloween: Readers share frightful memories

Monday, October 31, 2011
Don't be scared of Halloween: Readers share frightful memories
There's no reason to be afraid of the ghouls and goblins roaming the neighborhood on All Hallows' Eve. They're just participating in an ancient-and Catholic-holiday.

How parishes can help infertile couples

Tuesday, September 13, 2011
How parishes can help infertile couples
These are just some of the ways that the parish can be a resource to couples experiencing infertility.• Raise the issue of infertility at the pre-Cana marriage preparation meetings.

Hard to conceive: Sometimes getting pregnant isn't easy--or possible

Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Hard to conceive: Sometimes getting pregnant isn't easy--or possible
Alternatives such as those offered by Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction in Omaha don’t work for every couple.And in vitro fertilization (IVF) is not an easy step to take for those struggling with infertility, both because of moral and monetary concerns.

Does the consumer culture affect marriage?

Monday, July 18, 2011
Family therapist William Doherty talks about the impact of consumer culture on marriage and personal relationships as well as the increasing rates of divorce. He urges church leaders to encourage married couples to strengthen their commitment to God and remind them that marriage is not a private lifestyle decision.Does the consumer culture affect marriage?

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