Family and Kids

Christmas on a Budget: A Big Family’s Secret!

November 30, 2023December 1, 2023 Articles, Family and Kids, The Drew Mariani Show

If you’re a parent, you know how difficult the Christmas season can be from a financial standpoint. While it is a time of joy and cheer, the holiday season naturally takes a toll on the finances of families, especially big ones. Between traveling for Thanksgiving, feeding large amounts of people, buying gifts and decorations, and […]

Love Is Not Envious

November 18, 2023November 18, 2023 Articles, Family and Kids

Morality is about learning how to love, for if we can’t love we are nothing (see 1 Corinthians 13:1-3). Our Lord teaches us how to love in the Beatitudes and in the family, a true school of love. Pope Francis tells us: “Love is experienced and nurtured in the daily life of couples and their […]

What is the Catholic Stance on Pre-Nuptial Agreements?

November 14, 2023November 10, 2023 Articles, Family and Kids, The Cale Clarke Show

Pre-nuptial agreements are pre-marital, contractual documents that stipulate what happens to the financial and material assets of a couple should they get divorced. Given the Church’s strict stance against divorces, what does it have to say about Catholic couples who are deciding whether to sign a prenup or not? Cale Clarke began a conversation about […]

The Perfect Family

November 10, 2023November 3, 2023 Articles, Family and Kids

My one-year-old didn’t sleep well, waking up multiple times throughout the night, and awake and restless for over an hour in the wee hours of the morning. The cinnamon rolls didn’t make it in the oven as I had planned, instead, I was putting finishing touches on my children’s All Saints Day costumes as they […]

Faith and Apple Bread

October 31, 2023October 27, 2023 Articles, Family and Kids

I was working in the kitchen this afternoon with my daughters, putting together an apple bread for breakfast tomorrow. The recipe required us to think ahead—setting out several ingredients beforehand to bring them to room temperature. We had to measure and mix lots of ingredients and carefully peel and chop some apples we had recently […]

Choosing Life and Keeping the Faith

October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 Articles, Family and Kids, The Patrick Madrid Show

Recently on The Patrick Madrid Show, Patrick received a heart-breaking email from a young mother in California named Juana. Juana explained that she had heard the viral call with Alicia a few weeks ago in which Patrick had an emotional heart-to-heart with a distressed mother on her way to purchase abortion pills from a Planned […]

2024 Holy Days of Obligation and Solemnities

October 17, 2023November 19, 2024 Articles, Catechesis, Family and Kids

While some feast days and holidays don’t change their dates year to year, the Liturgical Calendar of the Catholic Church often rotates depending on the dates of other events. So, to help you keep track of the changes coming next year, we’ve compiled this list of Holy Days of Obligation, Liturgical Seasons, solemnities, and special […]

Never Objectivize the Body

October 16, 2023October 16, 2023 Articles, Family and Kids

God created our first parents as the pinnacle of his creation: “Then God said; Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over… [every living thing] upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male […]

“I don’t want to go through with the abortion of my child.”

September 15, 2023June 29, 2026 Articles, Family and Kids, The Patrick Madrid Show

“Right now, I’m calling because I’m actually on my way to get abortion pills at a clinic, and I truthfully don’t know what to do.” Those were the words of Alicia who called into The Patrick Madrid Show during a moment of crisis. She said that she was used to listening to NPR on that radio […]

Mourning with Others

September 6, 2023September 6, 2023 Articles, Family and Kids

It really helps to have a loved one to comfort us in carrying our cross as good families do, comforting those who suffer. Pope Francis urges us to treat all with gentle kindness (see Amoris Lætitia, 100) and so help those who suffer to feel understood and loved, which makes their suffering bearable. When we […]

The Merry Beggars Presents “The Saints: Adventures of Faith and Courage”

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 Articles, Entertainment, Family and Kids

Fresh off the heels of their chart-topping On the Night Train series and still receiving praise for their novel retelling of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, The Merry Beggars shows no signs of slowing down as they gear up to release another original production this fall. Prepare to transport your family into a world where […]

You Find Your Life When You Give It Away

August 25, 2023August 25, 2023 Articles, Family and Kids, The Cale Clarke Show

Some people are called to get married and start families. Others are called to the priesthood or religious life. And still others are called to be celibate lay people. Each one of us is charged with asking God just what He requires of us in this life. And for so many different people, they will […]

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