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The Couple That Prays Together …
BY BARB ERNSTER Nothing Bonds A Marriage Like A 2-Part Harmony To God
June 1-7, 2008 Issue 
undreds of
married couples in the Archdiocese of Detroit are praying together daily and
experiencing a deeper intimacy with God and each other, thanks to a new
parish-based program that teaches them how to pray comfortably and
consistently.
Deacon Bob Ovies, former director of
Detroit’s Family... READ MORE
Straight-Forward Sunday
BY Tom & April Hoopes User's Guide to Sunday
May 25-31, 2008 Issue
Sunday, June 1, is the Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
(Liturgical Year A, Cycle II. Saturday, May 31, is the feast of the Visitation
of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth. And Friday, May 30, is the feast of the Sacred
Heart.
Parish
EPriest.com offers �Best Practices� from parishes.
In time for the... READ MORE
The Appeals Process
BY Dr. Ray Guarendi What can I do about kids who run back and forth between my
husband and me until they wrangle out of one of us the answer they want?
May 25-31, 2008 Issue
Psychologists have their ideas about the benefits of two
parents living in the same household. But if we were to ask kids what they like
about having mom and dad around, wed likely hear, Because if one says No, we
can ask the other.
Its called appealing the decision. Most... READ MORE
40 Hours, 1 Hope
A Traditional Catholic Devotion Is Ripe for Revival
May 25-31, 2008 Issue
Contrast is surely the leaven of politics. And nothing
highlights worldview differences better than candidates’ and legislators’
positions on sanctity of life issues.
There’s almost no issue that candidates, political parties
and legislators try to avoid more. They hope that it will go away,... READ MORE
Thoroughly Modern Martha
BY PAUL A. BARRA
May 25-31, 2008 Issue
With nine children, homeschooling mom Tami Kiser was forced
by circumstances to become a sort of efficiency expert. Or, as she puts it: I
had to become organized to survive.
Kiser, of Mauldin, S.C., eventually became so confident in
her skills that she began presenting workshops to other... READ MORE
Corpus Christi Sunday
BY Tom & April Hoopes User’s Guide to Sunday
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
Sunday, May 25, is the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ
(Corpus Christi) in the United States. Corpus Christi is celebrated in Rome
(and most of the Church) on Thursday, May 22. Pope Benedict will celebrate Mass
at the Basilica of St John Lateran at 7 p.m., to be followed by a... READ MORE
People Who Need People
Facts of Life
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
It’s an old saw that a joy shared is twice the joy and a
burden shared is half the burden. It also happens to be a true one, if the
results of a new survey by Mental Health America are anything to go by. Medical
News Today reported on the poll May 2, noting that Americans routinely... READ MORE
‘Dad, It Looks Like Bread’
BY STEPHEN VINCENT First Communicants Change, but the Blessed Sacrament Is the Same — Yesterday, Today And Forever
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
I have a confession to make. Although I righteously roll my
eyes at moms and dads who yell boorishly from the bleachers for their kids to
get a hit, I have become a religious equivalent of the Little League parent.
Call me the “first Communion father.”
I’m anxious for my 7-year-old son to... READ MORE
Good Morning, Vietnamese Hero
BY J.B. AN DANG Prolife Profile
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
Neighbors thought Tong Phuoc Phuc (last name rhymes with
“foo”) had gone mad when he built a cemetery for aborted babies and later
turned his house into a shelter providing alternative services for pregnant
women contemplating abortion. However, Vietnamese Catholics, who struggle to
promote... READ MORE
Don’t Worry. Be Godly.
BY Phil Lenahan Family Matters- Financial Life
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
I want to trust in God completely in every aspect of my
life, but I can’t seem to stop my mind from worrying over how I’ll make ends
meet.
A few weeks ago, Veritas Financial Ministries began hosting
an online discussion on faith and finance. (It’s still up at
forums.catholic.com.) To my... READ MORE
Sunday Football Verse
BY Tom & April Hoopes User’s Guide to Sunday
May 11-17, 2008 Issue
Sunday, May 18, is Holy Trinity Sunday (Year A, Cycle II).
On May 17 and 18 Pope Benedict makes a pastoral visit to Savona and Genoa,
Italy.
Parish
EPriest.com offers best practices from parishes.
Shiner Catholic Church/Sts. Cyril and Methodius parish in
the diocese of Victoria, Texas, offers... READ MORE
Go Ahead. Make Mom’s Meal.
Facts of Life
May 11-17, 2008 Issue
It’s traditional in many American families to take Mom out
to eat for Mother’s Day, but this year, many a mama — more than in recent years
past — will enjoy a home-cooked meal courtesy of Dad and the kids. That’s
according to an online survey conducted by Hamilton Beach, the appliance... READ MORE
Ready. Aim. Rosary!
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN Pro-Family Profile
May 11-17, 2008 Issue
In Charlotte, N.C., Craig Lewis and his family joined the
army shortly after his daughter went looking for a seventh-grade service
project for their parish. In Atlanta, Ga., Maria Johnson and her children also
enlisted. Living the motto Make Them, Pray Them, Give Them Away, they all
became loyal... READ MORE
Mother Mary Comes to Us
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN Favorite Titles of Mary for Mother’s Day and Beyond
May 11-17, 2008 Issue
It’s not for nothing that Mother’s Day is a May event, for
May is the very Month of Mary. There are Mary statues to be crowned, Mary
gardens to tend, and Marian prayers to send up seeking the Blessed Mother’s
intercession under a multitude of titles.
With that last thought in mind, the... READ MORE
Kids First, Always
BY Tom & Caroline McDonald Family Matters
May 11-17, 2008 Issue
My husband and I are recently divorced. I have custody of
our three young children, but their father lives nearby and sees them
frequently. He and I are not on good terms right now, and I am worried about
the effect this tension will have on our children. What can I do?
We are terribly sorry about... READ MORE
A New Pentecost for America
BY TOM & APRIL HOOPES User's Guide to Sunday
May 4-10, 2008 Issue
May 11 is Pentecost Sunday.
Parish
EPriest.com offers Best Practices from parishes.
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in the Diocese of Jefferson
City, Mo., offers a way to help parents see the gifts of the Holy Spirit in
children.
“The feedback I got had to do with the ‘power’ of the... READ MORE
Faith-Based Happiness Across the Pond
Fact s of Life
May 4-10, 2008 Issue
Is Europe — post-Christian, post-everything Europe — getting
religion? Don’t count it out. Miracles do happen. In any case, some in the Old
World are at least noticing that people of faith are better off emotionally
than agnostics and atheists. The chattering class is discussing data... READ MORE
Guardian of Germany’s Unborn
BY Robert Rauhut
May 4-10, 2008 Issue
She’s only 26 years old, but Maria Grundberger has already
helped rescue more than 230 children from abortion. The Catholic midwife and
mother of a 1-year-old is one of the most successful pro-life activists and
sidewalk counselors in Pope Benedict’s homeland.
Grundberger is also the main... READ MORE
Baby-Late But Family-Ready
BY JUDY ROBERTS
May 4-10, 2008 Issue
At 43 and 39, Karen and Coady Torio of Petersburg, Mich.,
are not your typical first-time parents. In 2006, after nine years of marriage
and struggles to conceive, they acquired an instant family in just three months
by becoming adoptive parents of a toddler, guardians of a teen and the
expectant... READ MORE
Sports vs. Saints?
BY Dave Durand Family Matters – Working Life
May 4-10, 2008 Issue
At work, I’m a managing director. At home, I’m a husband and a father of five
children. My wife and I are both active in our parish. Our kids’ sports
schedules fill our “down time” to the point where we have no such thing. How do
we slow things down?
You have described the biggest... READ MORE
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