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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Sunday, December 26th, 2010
Earlier this year, I handled a case for a 17 year old boy who had been involved in an automobile accident. The accident was not his fault, but the police officer found a reason to give him two traffic tickets. The boy’s mother called my office and scheduled an appointment. Prior to the accident, her son…
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Tags: Adoration, Legal System, Motherhood, Prayer, Reparation
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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
Posted in Catholic Boys, Catholic Girls, Catholic Men, Catholic Parenting, Catholic Women, Dating, Family, Fatherhood, Humility, Motherhood, Movies, Television & Broadway, Prayer, Pride, Self Importance, Teenagers | 4 Comments »
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
In last week’s article,
A Prowler In The House, I threw down the gauntlet and challenged fathers to start conducting surprise inspections of their son’s iPods, cell phones, computers, and other devices.* After I wrote the article, I kept hearing the same imaginary…
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Tags: Catholic Boys, Catholic Families, Catholic Parenting, Chastity, Christian Sexuality, Facebook, Fatherhood, Motherhood, Pornography, Teenagers
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Saturday, May 8th, 2010
A recent article in
Newsweek lamented about how there is no longer any “passion” for “abortion rights” among younger women. Nancy Keenan, the current president of NARAL (originally founded in 1969 as the National Association for Repeal of Abortion Laws), was quoted in the article as follows:
“This past January, when Keenan’s train pulled into Washington’s Union Station,… Read More
Tags: Abortion, Motherhood, NARAL
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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… Read More
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… Read More
In last week’s article, A Prowler In The House, I threw down the gauntlet and challenged fathers to start conducting surprise inspections of their son’s iPods, cell phones, computers, and other devices.* After I wrote the article, I kept hearing the same imaginary… Read More
