If you know a young person who is a high school junior or senior you might want to pass this advice on to him or
In addition to its early Gothic architecture and stunning simplicity, my residence in Fossanova Abbey also boasts the chapel where Saint Thomas Aquinas died. While
In 1971, the Philosophy and Public Affairs journal published a pro-abortion argument titled “A Defense of Abortion”, commonly called the “violinist argument”, which quickly gained
The Lord has come to me many times to say: Tell my people how much I love them. Tell my people that they are not
What follows highlights the marriage of close friends of mine, Roger and Helena Cartier. Both Roger and Helena passed away not too long ago. In
Perhaps no presidential election since that of 1928 has politicized the Catholic Church in America as much as the one that concluded last month. Not
A few years ago I heard about a book from a friend titled Anything: The Prayer That Unlocked My God and My Soul. Though I
Twice in the month of December we honor the Blessed Mother in a special way on the liturgical calendar: on the Solemnity of the Immaculate
Before I had kids, I would look at the children I knew and the students I taught and would comment about how they were badly
Nineteenth century American short story writer Ambrose Bierce is credited for this definition of a sweater: “garment worn by child when its mother is feeling
The most common reasons women have an abortion, it has been shown overwhelmingly, are: 1) They feel they cannot afford a baby, and 2) They
After spending over 18 years in school, I never had a single class on parenting. Of course, how to take care of a child physically
Last month, I wrote an article for Catholic Stand that advocated for a level of civility in the American political process. I argued this, in
It has taken me five pregnancy announcements (I am currently pregnant with my fifth child) to stop apologizing about it. Before, I would quiver when
Abraham Lincoln said, “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own
Humanae Vitae (HV) is a dynamic, challenging and life-transforming encyclical written by Pope Paul VI and promulgated on July 24, 1968. It coherently follows the
Usually, when people find out that my husband and I have twelve children, there are certain comments and assumptions they tend to make, almost as
In many ways 2019 seems like it was so long ago. In fact, it seems like an eternity! Our lives have been flipped upside down
A married couple came to my house years ago wanting to know if I would facilitate a marriage counseling session for them. The man asked
As many of us wonder how we can both protect our families and stand up for what we believe is important in the midst of
The American Enterprise Institute recently released a study on the historic ebb and flow of religion in the United States which demonstrated, surprisingly, that the
In early adolescence I was prone to sudden and intense crushes that seemed to arrive out of nowhere and hit like a ton of bricks.