Life Matters: Explaining the Reality of Marriage to Family And Friends
Note: The following is the full text of a pamphlet from the 2013-2014 Respect Life Program. See all seven pamphlets here. The true meaning and purpose of marriage has become clouded over the last 40...
View ArticleChildren and the Elderly: The Hope of the People
On April 11, 2014 Pope Francis received 470 members of the Italian Movement for Life in the Sala Clementina of the Vatican Apostolic Palace. He thanked them for their work in promoting the dignity of...
View ArticleResponsible Parents Are Open to Life
In an often quoted and often misunderstood section of the letter to the Ephesians, St. Paul begins a passage about wives and husbands with these words: Be subordinate to one another out of reverence...
View ArticleThe Beatitudes, Marriage, and Family
The Beatitudes, found in Matthew 5, are at the heart of Christ’s teachings. Like the rest of the Gospel, these words are meant to be lived out in our daily lives – including in our marriages and...
View ArticleA Bittersweet Bucket List
Usually when people say that a goal is on their “bucket list” it means that sometime in the as-yet-unplanned, perhaps even distant, future, they’ll hopefully get around to doing something they always...
View ArticleLiving the Mission
Nature is putting on a lovely show here in the Northeast, as the fall colors peak. It is pure joy to set out on a car ride and compare and contrast the autumnal shades of country hillsides! During this...
View ArticleRestorative Niche Activities
Winter is just sitting on top of us like a mean big brother who does not really care how “un-fun” the game has become. He is bigger than us and we just have to deal with it. I am an only child, so this...
View ArticleAddress to Italian Pro-Life Movement
The Holy Father met with the Italian Pro-Life Movement on November 6, 2015 and thanked them for their commitment to life “from conception to its natural end.” He spoke highly of the compassion that the...
View ArticleMeeting with Families during Apostolic Journey to Mexico
On February 15, 2016, during his visit to Mexico, Pope Francis addressed a stadium full of families in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas. He emphasized that the family, even a wounded family, is essential to...
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