Giving Christmas
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Friday, December 16, 2011
Did you see this? In stores across the country, mostly Kmarts, donors are paying off layaway accounts for complete strangers.
Read the whole story here, and if you don’t tear up while you do… well, you’re more stoic than I am.
What a lovely way to help someone at Christmas!
The Gift of Giving
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Family on Tuesday, December 06, 2011
As evidenced by my late posting today, it’s been a doozy. I think when I designed this day in my head, I must have been either delusional, or distracted—or likely both!
Regardless, one of the “to do” items for my Feast of St. Nicholas agenda was to deliver our “Project Santa Giving Tree” donations to Church. Every year, our parish works in conjunction with the local Women’s shelter run by the Holy... READ MORE
Tithing Questions
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Every Sunday, I sit in the pew at Mass feeling a bit sheepish when it’s time for the weekly collection. The devoted ushers at our parish, garbed in their fine navy blue matching sport coats, push the basket attached to the very long pole in front of me. Every week, I smile at them and keep my hands on my songbook, neglecting to drop anything into the basket. The usual usher in my section of the church... READ MORE
Precious Life Hair Bow
Posted by Danielle Bean in Reviews on Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Okay. How very sweet and simple and adorable is this?
It’s the Precious Life hair bow, available from the good folks at Hair Bows for Life. 10% of all sales at Hair Bows for Life always goes to support pro-life charities, but 50% of sales of this Precious Life hair bow will be donated to charity.
I think we all must know at least one little girl who could use one of these in her Easter basket this year. Available in lots of sizes and styles.
Prom for Moms
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Did you go to prom in high school?
Would you like to go again? Or for the first time?
This one is a little different: it’s for women only, and it’s not just a party, it’s a fundraiser for charity.
Dubbed the “Mom Prom,” this event started a few years ago in an area near where we live, and the idea is apparently spreading across the country. Moms have fun pulling old prom or bridesmaid dresses out... READ MORE
Bishops Bet on Ball
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Friday, February 04, 2011
On Rachel’s topics of football and food, here’s a fun story I read today:
The bishops of the dioceses of Pittsburgh and Green Bay have made a friendly bet on Sunday’s Super Bowl Game. You can read the whole story here, but the gist of it is that bishops bet on the game, and charities will benefit. Who doesn’t love a little friendly inter-diocesan competition?
Not being a football fan, I don’t care... READ MORE
Mr. Zuckerberg's Ovation
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The governor of NJ, mayor of Newark and founder of Facebook turned up on Oprah the other day.
They were there to talk about an exciting bipartisan partnership to improve public schools.
That’s worth knowing about in its own right, but not what actually caught my attention in this video.
Watch the whole thing for context (and you can find part two here), but the striking moment for me begins at... READ MORE
Virtue Rather Than Advice
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Wednesday, August 18, 2010
There is always work to be done by example, goodness, and prayer. We can enter into closer relationships with souls that are lukewarm or estranged from the faith, so as to lead them gradually, by the power of our patience, gentleness and goodness, by the influence of virtue rather than advice, back to a more Christian life or to the faith itself. By entering into friendly relationships with people totally opposed to religion we can, by our goodness and virtue, destroy their prejudices and bring them completely to God.
—Bl. Charles de Foucauld
The Fruitfulness of Ordinary People
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Family on Monday, August 09, 2010
Robert Royal has a lovely column today, a tribute to a beloved uncle who just passed away.
It’s just delightful: not only because of the love that obviously existed between the two, but as a tribute to the merits of spunk, eccentricity and quiet goodness in the face of a loud and sometimes seemingly homogenized culture.
His name was Nello (an odd moniker that he was so proud of it that he offered his children a large sum to name one of the grandchildren after him – without success); he was one of my mother’s brothers and therefore my uncle. I bring him to your attention not for that, but because he’s the kind of person who used to be commoner in our culture, but has become all but invisible today. If a man or woman like this is brought to our attention now, it’s as a slightly offbeat “human interest” story in the media.
If you have a moment, read the whole thing. Guaranteed you smile.
How to Love a Homosexual
Posted by AGroup in Family on Tuesday, July 20, 2010
(Editor’s note: Fr. John is re-considering the advice he offers here. I am leaving this post intact as a point of reference, but please read the update from Fr. John here.)
(Editor’s note: We received the following letter from a Faith & Family magazine reader in response to Melinda’s Selmys’s article about homosexuality in our Summer issue.)
Q: I would like to respond with much disappointment to the... READ MORE
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