First School of the Family

Catholic Swimmer Makes Olympic Debut
Catholic Online
8/12/2008, by Randy Sly
Kate Zieglar is a world-class swimmer who is devoted to her Catholic faith. A board member of Catholic Athletes for Christ, she is making her Olympic debut in Beijing. WASHINGTON (Catholic Online) – Kate Zieglar is dedicated to her sport but devoted to her savior. The 20 year-old from Great Falls, ...

REFLECTION: The Liturgy of Life
Catholic Online
8/7/2008, by Deacon Keith A Fournier
This morning, my grandson helped me to shake off the cobwebs and opened up a deeper understanding of the liturgy of life. CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - I awakened feeling very old this morning. As I have done for almost three decades, I chose to make what many spiritual writers have called ...


The family is not our idea. Nor is it some social construct which can be changed at whim. The family is written in the Natural Law. It provides the pattern for our social and religious life. The family is the first church, the first school, the first economy, the first hospital, the first government and the first mediating institution of society.
The Christian Family is a Domestic Church
Catholic Online
8/1/2008, by Deacon Keith A Fournier
Through the renewal of the domestic church of the family we find insights needed for the renewal of the Universal Church. CHESAPEAKE,VA (Catholic Online) - In his encyclical letter entitled, "The Splendor of Truth" the late Servant of God John Paul II referred to the Sermon on the Mount as the ...


Back to School: The Family is the First School
Catholic Online
8/1/2008, by Deacon Keith Fournier
In an age where the institution of marriage and its fruit, the family, is under assault, it is imperative that families find all the help that they can and begin to join together with one another in bands of family solidarity. CHESAPEAKE,VA (Catholic Online) - At the heart of Catholic teaching on ...

Fifteen Points to Remember for the New Catholic Teacher
Catholic Online
8/1/2008, by DOUGLAS MCMANAMAN
The following are points that might help the young teacher maintain the beauty and luster of his own vocation as a Catholic teacher. We've all heard that teaching is a noble profession, and it certainly is. Nobility includes in its meaning the very notion of the beautiful. The Kalon, from the ...

Teaching Our Children to Pray
Catholic Online
8/1/2008, by Thomas Lickona
Why do so many young people, even those raised in families that treasure the faith, fall away from the practice of their faith once they leave home? The best answer to that question, in my judgment, comes from a British Catholic priest, Father Hugh Thwaites. He says that in his experience, young ...

Raising Children of Character
Catholic Online
8/1/2008
Adapted from CHAPTER 2 - Thomas Lickona, CHARACTER MATTERS: How to Help Our Children Develop Good Judgment, Integrity, and Other Essential Virtues (Simon & Schuster, February, 2004) What used to happen to 10th-graders is now routine among 8th-graders. Trouble with the law. Promiscuity. ...

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