Catholic Charities Toy Drive!

Last year, spending on Cyber Monday reached $1.735 billion and Black Friday reached $1.198 billion according to comScore’s report. The Holidays are not just about buying; they are also about giving. It’s that time of year to make children smile. Giving Tuesday, December 2nd, follows the two biggest spending days of the year, and you can…

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Fun with the Family: Making Wooden Saint Dolls

Wooden saint dolls are trending in Catholic mom circles across the nation. I totally jumped on the bandwagon. When I did, I found it extremely helpful to have examples to look at. So in gratitude to those mommas who posted their own dolls, I am posting mine. I hope you find them helpful in the…

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Using Pope Francis to Share the Catholic Faith in 4 Steps

Have you experienced this? You’re out in public, someone finds out that you are Catholic, and you immediately get asked about Pope Francis. I think most of us have found ourselves in this situation. I encountered it last week at a conference and spoke with several folks about this situation after a talk I gave…

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7 Ways to Celebrate Advent With Your Family

Patient waiting.These two little words most accurately describe the tone and theme of the season of Advent.Patient waiting.No two words in the English language are more incompatible with young children.How do those of us with young children help them to celebrate the beautiful season of Advent without being overrun by the mad rush to Christmas…

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St. Louis of France: Man of the Holy Eucharist

In his Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum caritatis, “On the Eucharist as the Source and Summit of the Church’s Life and Mission,” Pope Benedict XVI recalls a passage from the Confessions of Saint Augustine, regarding the Holy Eucharist. Saint Augustine writes about the different effect of consuming the Heavenly Bread of the Holy Eucharist in comparison with…

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The Divine Mercy Chaplet

The Chaplet of The Divine Mercy How to Recite the Chaplet The Chaplet of Mercy is recited using ordinary rosary beads of five decades. The Chaplet is preceded by two opening prayers from the Diary of Saint Faustina and followed by a closing prayer. CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THE PRAYER

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When you don’t feel like praying…

A few days ago, my wife and I got into an argument about some silly little thing. I thought we were done with the issue, when it cropped up again the next day. I got upset and was not a very happy bald man. Of course, my wife also unhappy with me and honestly neither…

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