Tag: family
Tend the garden faithfully, and it will grow — Colleen Pressprich
By Colleen Pressprich, OSV News
Our family has a beautiful vegetable garden, one that I spend a great deal of time in during the summer...
God has given us the gift of the young to remind...
When I pulled up to the high school that my two oldest sons attend in downtown Minneapolis, the excitement was buzzing. Students were clapping...
Turning 50 intensifies the awareness that at this point, most likely,...
There is something astounding and simultaneously humbling about turning 50. "Happy birthday to you," sang my family and friends. A choir of cheerful voices...
Slide prayer into your family’s day in the busiest of seasons...
By Colleen Pressprich, OSV News
As Catholics, we are meant to be constantly turning our hearts to the Lord. As parents, we are meant to...
Praying for a grandchild is becoming commonplace as the birth rate...
There's been a lot written about falling birth rates in the United States. Less covered has been the simultaneous decline in grandparenthood.
Grandparents, to hear...
View from the treehouse: Accompanying Dad on his final journey...
By Barb Arland-Fye
OSV News
Dad seemed preoccupied when we arrived at my parents' home on a Saturday night in late September. Newly diagnosed with a...
The road to Emmaus reminds us that Christ goes with us...
Right now is a difficult time for nearly every family I know. Parents are stressed. Teens are depressed. Kids are anxious. Studies on mental...
The school of love that is family life teaches we are...
Ask any parent who launched their child only to have them return home or encouraged them through rehab only to watch them relapse. Ask...
A season of stewardship, love and family memories calls for giving...
Advent is a sacred time of preparation, a season of joyful anticipation as we await the birth of Christ. For Catholic families, it offers...
‘Liturgical living’ practices can easily be incorporated into our lives —...
Over the past 15 years, I've witnessed the rise of "liturgical living" in Catholic circles. Websites, social media, books, home décor and subscription boxes...










