Author Rebecca W. Martin has debuted her first novel, “Love in the Eternal City” (Chrism Press), a Catholic romance that not only tells the love story between a Swiss Guard and an American expat, but also serves as Martin’s own love letter to the city of Rome.
Marriage & Family Life
Question Corner: Is the annulment process just a way to get around the church’s prohibition on divorce?
In order to ensure that declarations of nullity are not simply “rubber stamped” or “cop outs,” the church has a specific process, carried out through the ministry of diocesan marriage tribunals, for investigating whether or not a marriage was invalid.
And became man
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.
With each child, parents need to find a special place
The questions need to be asked and re-asked: What are we intentionally doing to find and grow our places, and our relationships, together as family?
How to raise your kids into faithful adults
The Peyton Institute for Domestic Church Life (an apostolate of Holy Cross Family Ministries) worked with the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate to create the Future Faithful Families Project.
‘The best job in the world’
On Sundays this fall, instead of leaving Mass in a rush to go do the Ravens pre-game show, I will instead help teach Sunday school at St. John the Evangelist, our parish in Severna Park. When school starts, I’ll walk my boys to school and volunteer as a classroom assistant and recess monitor, and I’ll be there to pick them up from school, help with homework, coach their sports teams and help with dinner, bath and bedtime.
Sending 11 of their 13 children to same Catholic high school worth the sacrifice, couple says
What is pretty unique for the Mazalewski family is that this was their 13th high school graduation, the 11th at St. Elizabeth.
Study: Young men from ‘intact’ families — with married mom and dad — fare better in life
Young men from “non-intact” families without a father are more likely to end up in prison or jail than to graduate from college, according to the findings of a new study from the Institute for Family Studies, a Charlottesville, Virginia-based think tank dedicated to researching marriage, family life and the well-being of children.
Surrendering your own will is the greatest gift you can give
Parents around the world make sacrifices for their children every second of every day.
The family’s call to change — and sway
To sway is to move to meet the needs of others. Isn’t this the heart of family life?
To the good dads
The need to see good fathers, have good fathers and be loved by good fathers is evident in a broken, hurting, often fatherless world.
10 things that make for a great Catholic dad
As we celebrate Father’s Day on June 16, pick one or two of the following practices that will make a big difference for your family, and start doing them.