By Kitty Mandis | Marriage Preparation Coordinator, Office of Laity & Family Life How do you keep the music playing? How do you make it last? These first two lines from a song made famous by James Ingram and Patti Austin in 1983 are questions that all couples face when adversity Read More
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Marriage is… an opportunity to share Christ’s love!
By Julie Bostick | Executive Director, Office of Laity and Family Life My husband, Ralph, and I recently traveled to Chicago to visit our son, Shawn, his wife and new baby. While there, we went bowling with some of Shawn’s friends and had a great time. As we left the Read More
Things Being a Grandma Has Taught Me about Being a Mom
By Julie Bostick | Executive Director, Office of Laity and Family Life When our children were young, my husband Ralph and I brought them to Mass every Sunday. When they were under five, we often sat in the back of Church, because we didn’t want the kids to “disrupt” anyone around Read More
Church as Home, Home as Church
“…All I know is I’m not home yet This is not where I belong Take this world and give me Jesus This is not where I belong…” (song by Building 429, “Where I Belong”) “Our hearts are restless until they rest in You, O Lord…” (St. Augustine of Hippo) Hello, Read More