Saturday, May 7th, 2011

My son Harry recently turned 30 years old. He’s the oldest of my seven children. When Harry was a young boy, one of his favorite shows was
Sesame Street. You remember
Sesame Street don’t you? It was a children’s show that had a cast of characters…
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Tags: Blessed Virgin Mary, Catholic Families, Catholic Parenting, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Sesame Street, The Flintstones, The Honeymooners
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Saturday, April 9th, 2011

Last Saturday (April 2nd) my parents, Carl and Kathryn Williams, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. My sister and her husband, Colleen and Bill Brannon, organized a Mass and party for them. The people in attendance at the party were my parents, their children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and some of their friends and relatives. It all started…
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Tags: Catholic Families, Death, Easter, Good Friday, Holy Thursday, Large Catholic Family, Lent, Suffereing
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Saturday, November 13th, 2010

On a Friday night about eight years ago, I got myself into an argument with one of my college age children (“the college student”). The argument centered around a certain movie that I thought was morally objectionable. At one point, the college student blurted out: “Dad, most Catholics would not agree with you about this movie. You’re too extreme when comes to things like this. I…
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Tags: Catholic Boys, Catholic Families, Catholic Girls, Catholic Men, Catholic Parenting, Catholic Women, Family, Fatherhood, Humility, Motherhood, Prayer, Teenagers
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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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