What the Easter Scriptures teach us about how to live as family April 28, 2026By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life What goodness of God, to give the gifts we need: extra time, real companions, rich stories and relentless grace. In the family of faith, even in our hardest days, we are never alone on the road.
When Lent is extra Lenty, you need Holy Week even more March 20, 2026By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent In the years when life becomes extra Lenty, the gift of the Triduum becomes even more clear. As a Church we enter completely into the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus.
How to get more comfortable with being less comfortable January 16, 2026By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary When we know we have safe spaces where we can return — like our family home, our favorite chair or our regular parish pew — we can strike out in good faith and courage to do whatever challenging work that God calls us to do.
Readers share family favorites for our season of stories December 18, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary This is exactly what the best stories tell us. Who we are, whose we are, and what we are called to be. What a gift that we all share the best story: The hope that will ultimately bring us home.
The tender theology of lullabies October 23, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Uncategorized With gentle rocking rhythms, generations of parents have hushed their children to sleep with the same songs, the tunes we know by heart, the words we heard from our elders, the gifts we now pass to our young.
Where is God when we’re grieving at home? September 19, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Gun Violence The Psalms remind us that we can bring all our human emotions and experiences to God, holding nothing back.
What a beautiful family August 25, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life The Body of Christ is a beautiful, diverse family. We are single and married, divorced and widowed. We have built families through adoption and fostering, marriage and birth.
How to grow in faith for back-to-school July 30, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Schools Just as Jesus breathed on his disciples and gave them the gift of the Holy Spirit — as you kiss or hug your kids when they head off to school or daycare — the Holy Spirit remains with you, to inspire your daily labors.
Kids need lots of people who love them July 21, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Youth Ministry From lifelong commitments to the children we love, to volunteering with kids who need extra support, to simply opening our hearts to the delightful (if sometimes distracting!) presence of the young church with us at Mass, God gives us many ways to care for the children in our lives.
The truth about transitions June 18, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Life asks us to say yes through the pain. Jesus asks us to follow where we do not want to go.
On Ascension, absence and true love May 21, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Mothering is a presence that pulses in flesh and blood. A love that can never go absent, even when it looks like it has left.
Walking the Emmaus road as a family April 21, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Easter The road to Emmaus reminds us that Christ goes with us everywhere, walking and talking among us: in our conversations and debates, in ordinary meals and sacred liturgies, in journeys near and far. Our hearts burn within us, too, whenever we realize he has been right next to us all along.
