Family is where we learn to serve the least among us February 18, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life Family is the way that we learn to love, serve and humble ourselves over and over again to care for Christ in our midst.
The power of a ‘nudge’ to pray January 24, 2025By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Learning about the power of the nudge can help us make — and keep — new habits.
Every dawn an Advent, every day a New Year December 16, 2024By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Advent, Commentary Each day we stand before the doors of chronos and kairos. We can enter into the frantic, fast-paced, nonstop rush of consumerist culture, with its endless urgent cries of “buy, buy, buy” and “more, more, more.” Or we can turn and open another door, the quieter way of faith.
Liturgical living is for adults, too October 11, 2024By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life Celebrating the church year can be as simple as changing your prayer habits in small ways or incorporating the liturgical seasons into daily life.
And became man September 9, 2024By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Marriage & Family Life When I look at my sons, each becoming a man in his own way, I stand in awe of the untold moments and milestones that go into shaping who we are.
The most important prayer you already know July 19, 2024By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Sometimes the words we rattle off without thinking are precisely the place to pause and reflect.
The family’s call to change — and sway June 20, 2024By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life To sway is to move to meet the needs of others. Isn’t this the heart of family life?
See you in the story April 5, 2024By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Every time we hear the ancient words, in the quiet of the nursery or the hush of the sanctuary, the soul shivers with recognition.
In praise of singing March 7, 2024By Laura Kelly Fanucci other Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Commentary It’s a foretaste of heaven to look around Mass and witness the full participation of the people of God.
To feed the Body of Christ: What could be more profound? October 5, 2023By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary Our parish has been bringing meals to our family for months following my cancer diagnosis, and their loving service is transforming my faith.
Here is the simplest way to share faith with kids February 4, 2023By Laura Kelly Fanucci OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Youth Ministry We can’t simply drop kids off at Catholic school or religious education classes and consider the job done.
Where is God on your family’s calendar? July 26, 2022By Laura Kelly Fanucci Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Marriage & Family Life If someone found your planner on the bus or a stranger glanced at your calendar on the wall or a hacker gained access to your phone’s events, would they see any sign you were a Catholic?
