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Category Archive: family

Are We Sacrificing our Children’s Future to the Evils of the Past?

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Rather than warn about the dangers of communism, the objective of these authors seems to be to show even brutal communist leader, Joseph Stalin, in a favorable light.

November 21, 2017 family, Patriotism, Vicki Burbach

Tolstoy’s Warped View of Authority Served to Destroy in Russia the Institution He Held Most Dear – The Family. Are We Doing the Same?

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The authority of the Church is necessary. It is that familial authority that secures the foundations of civilization. It reinforces the sanctity of sacred institutions such as marriage and family. This is the authority that, in love, could have protected Tolstoy’s beloved Russia.

September 8, 2017 family, Vicki Burbach

Mother Mary, Mother Church and the Vocation of Motherhood

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Just as it is the ordained Priest’s vocation to give a physical face to Jesus Christ in the world today, so also it belongs in a special way to mothers to give a physical face to the Church.

May 12, 2017 family, Mother's Day, Rev. Jeff Loseke

Have the Courage to be the Parent Every Child Hates

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My husband and I are tired of struggling alone with all this technology. For once, I’d like to make a shout out to other parents!!! Will you band with us and make the tough choice to rid the world of kids with technological appendages?

April 27, 2017 family, Vicki Burbach

Is Your Marriage Lacking a Certain Chemical Element?

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Do you watch all the ads with the lovey dovey smiles and the flirtatious eyes, and try to remember what that felt like? Do you recall the giddiness of being young fresh and so in love that even folding socks together was fun?

February 14, 2017 family, marriage, Self-denial, Vicki Burbach

Guest-Post: Introducing Paula Zwenger

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In marriage, those small blessings we can offer our spouse tend to go a long way. Paula Zwenger captures their beauty in her poem, “This Man of Mine”

February 4, 2017 family, marriage, Paula Zwenger

The Unholy Family

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Most of us were born into an unholy family. Actually, that family – unholy as it may be – is the best way for each of us to make our way in this world, the greatest vehicle known to man for our sanctification.

December 31, 2016 family, marriage, Self-denial, Success, Vicki Burbach

The Advent that almost Wasn’t.

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Despite our best intentions, by their very force the material obligations of the Christmas season can push the more spiritual Advent activities aside.

December 16, 2016 Advent, family, Vicki Burbach

5 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Raising Catholic Children

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Like all parents, there are several things I wish someone had told me when I began parenting. I’m learning little by little; but perhaps some of my experiences might help those who are just getting started with little ones before they, too, look up and realize their time and influence may be fleeting.

September 27, 2016 family, Vicki Burbach, virtue

When Your Family Doesn’t Measure Up

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Sometimes I wonder whether God laughs or cries as He watches us taking notes on other families. Does He roll His eyes as He watches us hold onto every off-handed remark that offers any clue about their daily routine, and then shake His head as we rush home to regroup?

June 14, 2016 family, Vicki Burbach

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