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Five Steps to Better Parenting

by Randy Hain | Nov 3, 2022 | Living, Surrender & Strength | 0 |

“Dad, can we throw the football?” Years ago, when the fall football season was in full swing,...

Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine

by Patti Maguire Armstrong | Dec 7, 2013 | In the Spotlight, Media | 0 |

“I should have been a better mother,“ St. Monica said to Bishop Ambrose about her son Augustine....

Fearing My Daughter

by Patti Maguire Armstrong | Nov 26, 2013 | Family | 0 |

A Father struggles with the birth of his Downs Syndrome daughter, “’If she dies as a result of her...

The Mind of a Woman

by Hallie Lord | Mar 21, 2011 | Women of Faith | 0 |

Gazing into my newborn son’s eyes told me in an instant what I’d suspected for years: intellectual stimulation is not a prerequisite for contentment. What more could any woman want for than to be the recipient of this precious...

A Selfless Man

by Randy Hain | Dec 9, 2010 | Surrender & Strength | 0 |

I lit a candle recently and prayed during Eucharistic Adoration in our parish chapel for a man I know in his 70’s who is struggling with various health issues as he gets older. The candle I lit burned brightly,...