Saturday, June 25th, 2011
Last week I flew to California with Georgette and my daughters to attend the wedding of someone who is very special to us. As you may already know, Georgette and I have 7 children – Harry, Anna, Maria, Laura, Mary Rose, Christine, and Teresa. The wedding was on Saturday, June 18. The groom was my son, Harry, and his bride was Kathryn Neill. Harry was born 10 months…
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Tags: Blessed Virgin Mary, Catholic Wedding, Marriage, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven, Rosary
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Saturday, May 14th, 2011
During the past few weeks there’s been an increase in the amount of calls to my law office from people who are in financial distress. There’s a certain segment of the population that’s up against the ropes financially – people who are looking for a simple solution to their complex problems. About two months ago I told my employees that we needed to be prepared for…
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Tags: Block Rosary, Catastrophic Injury, Daily Mass, Daily Rosary, Financial Crisis, Natural Disaster, War
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Sunday, November 7th, 2010
Webster’s Dictionary defines the word
revolution as “a sudden, radical, or complete change … a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something.” There was a sudden, radical, and fundamental change that took place in the United States during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. That change involved the complete and total…
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Tags: Catholic Boys, Catholic Families, Catholic Men, Catholic Parenting, Family, Fatherhood, Holy Family, No-Fault Divorce, Prayer, Rosary, St. Joseph, Teenagers
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Saturday, October 30th, 2010
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[/caption] About 22 years ago, during a discussion with one of my brothers about religion, the issue of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary came up. When I tried to point out the reasons why it was important to pray a Rosary every day, my brother got irritated with me…
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Tags: Catholic Boys, Catholic Families, Catholic Men, Catholic Parenting, Family, Fatherhood, Prayer, Rosary, Teenagers
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Saturday, April 24th, 2010
In 1985, I interviewed my grandmother, Cecilia LaHood, for an article I wanted to write about her life. Her children were planning a big 75th birthday party for her (she was born in 1910), and I wanted to share her life story with everyone who attended the party. While I was interviewing my grandmother, she told me that during the 1930’s when she started having children,
most of…
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Tags: Abuse, Birth Control, Blessed Virgin Mary, Crisis, Marriage, Rosary
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Last week I flew to California with Georgette and my daughters to attend the wedding of someone who is very special to us. As you may already know, Georgette and I have 7 children – Harry, Anna, Maria, Laura, Mary Rose, Christine, and Teresa. The wedding was on Saturday, June 18. The groom was my son, Harry, and his bride was Kathryn Neill. Harry was born 10 months… Read More
During the past few weeks there’s been an increase in the amount of calls to my law office from people who are in financial distress. There’s a certain segment of the population that’s up against the ropes financially – people who are looking for a simple solution to their complex problems. About two months ago I told my employees that we needed to be prepared for… Read More
[/caption] About 22 years ago, during a discussion with one of my brothers about religion, the issue of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary came up. When I tried to point out the reasons why it was important to pray a Rosary every day, my brother got irritated with me… Read More