Beyond Service Projects: Cultivating the Call to Care
We are born selfish. Psychologists call it "egocentricity," and it's a good thing. It enables infants to get their needs met—for hunger to be satisfied, for thirst to be slaked.
Lenten Practices
A Family Together - February 2012
Walking With Jesus in Lent
by Jeanne Heiberg
After a long drive home following a weekend workshop at beautiful Lake George, NY, I dropped friends off at a train...
Celebrating Saint Anne Marie Eugenie of Jesus
Anne Marie was born in 1817. She was sad when her parents separated. She moved with her mother to Paris. When she was 15 years old, her mother died, and she went to live with relatives. It wasn't until a Catholic cousin invited her to church that she learned about living the gospel.
Celebrating Saint Philip Neri
Saint Philip Neri, Joyful Person
Celebrating Saint Joseph of Cupertino
People in Cupertino, Italy, just shook their heads when Joseph was around because he had difficulty completing tasks. Much of the time he forgot what he was supposed do. He often stared off into space. Other children made fun of him. Everyone thought he was clumsy and forgetful.
Celebrating Saint Teresa of Ávila
Teresa liked living in a convent, so in 1534, when she was 19, she became a Carmelite nun. Teresa loved God with all her heart. She called God her best friend. She was a person of prayer in all things. Her favorite prayer was the Our Father.
Not of This World!
by Cullen Schippe
I was never
any good at checkers. The stratagems of this simplest of board games elude me.
My leaky defenses always leave a...
Celebrating Saint Genoveva Torres Morales
Genoveva was a person of great faith and courage. She wanted to join the Carmelite Order but was not accepted due to her health. She was very disappointed, but she did not give up. She knew that God has a purpose for each of our lives.
A Family Together: The Devil Then and the Devil Now
The Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent (Luke 4:1-13) tells us that Jesus went into the desert for 40 days. While there, he paid
less attention to his physical life and more to his spiritual life by fasting and praying. But it wasn't easy. All the while, the devil
tempted him. Do similar things happen to you today? Let's see.