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I recently received this message from one of our readers: I was wondering if you have any resources on dealing with less than loving parents. My parents fall in this category. Our oldest is 10-years-old, so I have been dealing with this issue for quite some time. I have experienced a lot of . . . → Read More: Peace on Earth, One Family at a Time The faithful should embrace this barb for what it really means. I had a Facebook dialog a few weeks ago with a couple Catholic friends who struggle with some of the Church’s teachings. The subject of the exchange was Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal. One of them suggested he should be denied communion because he . . . → Read More: Power to the Sheeple! Unite with Christians throughout the world in praying for the pope’s monthly prayer intentions. Since the nineteenth century, popes have asked the Apostleship of Prayer to pray for specific intentions. Two prayer intentions are requested each month from the Holy Father, a general intention and a mission intention. Let us join the Apostleship of Prayer’s . . . → Read More: Pope Benedict XVI’s April Prayer Intentions  Leave a comment  Pope's Monthly Prayer Intentions, Schmidt, Joel, Vocations  Africa, Apostleship of Prayer, April Prayer Intentions, B16, Christ, Continent of Hope, Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday, grace, Heaven, Hope, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Paul VI, Prayer, Priesthood, Religious Life, Resurrection, Second Vatican Council, Vocations, World Day of Prayer for Vocations January 29 – February 3 is Catholic Schools Week Copyright © 2011 NCEA/USCCB This is one week each year that students, staff, and parents celebrate the gift of a Catholic education. Make no mistake; it is a gift. I spend my days as a first grade teacher at a Catholic school in Des Moines, . . . → Read More: Out of the Mouths of Babes: In Celebration of Catholic Schools Week 
New trading cards promote Catholic religious vocations Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki is among a handful of Catholic religious leaders featured on a new deck of trading cards circulating around Milwaukee. The initiative launched last week is meant to drum up interest in religious vocations. Distribution of the cards began after Mass at two diocesan parishes on . . . → Read More: I’ll Trade You Father Paul for Archbishop Listecki Through our baptism, each of us receives a special vocational calling from God. What is God calling you to? Priest or deacon? Perhaps consecrated religious life? Married or single life? We continue our weeklong focus on vocations in honor of National Vocations Awareness Week with an emphasis on marriage today. The Most Reverend Boyea, Bishop of . . . → Read More: Your Spouse — A Channel of Grace 
Editor’s Note: In honor of National Vocations Awareness Week, we will be sharing a handful of posts focusing on vocations. Our diocese poses the following: “Through our baptism, each of us receives a special vocational calling from God. What is God calling you to?” My husband Joel, who is in diaconate formation, provides today’s . . . → Read More: How Do I Know You’re a Man of God? In honor of National Vocations Awareness Week, we have shared a handful of posts focusing on vocations. This week I also made an effort to ask my parish priests, Fr. Bob Hoefler and Fr. Ken Halbur, what I can do to help foster vocations. Their responses and other resources I’ve read helped create the following . . . → Read More: How to Foster Vocations (Seven Quick Takes, Vol. 2) 
Editor’s Note: Our weeklong focus on vocations continues in conjunction with National Vocations Awareness Week. Today we feature our friend Mary Pometto who shares a little of her personal discernment testimony. We first met Mary when she worked for our local Catholic radio apostolate, and we are honored that she provided this piece for us. Her joyful . . . → Read More: Discerning With Love  |
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