Author: Allen Hébert
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Family Play
The live stream of the talk on Family Play at the St. Laurence Catholic School Retreat for Families:
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Saturday Morning Mass Homily
This is the live stream from the Saturday Morning Mass Homily at the St. Laurence Catholic School Retreat for Families:
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Family Prayer
This is the live stream from the talk on Family Prayer at the St. Laurence Catholic School Retreat for Families:
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After Action Report: Prom
Two weeks after my daughter attended the High School Prom, we wrote up our collective thoughts on her attendance. We wanted to take some time to sort through our emotions, analyze the decision and then write the comments down (and still be a good husband and Father to our nine children). My daughter’s Reflection Prom…
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Educating the Next Generation
A number of years ago on a Saturday evening, I volunteered to be a chaperone at the local High School Prom. As I mentioned in my previous post about this particular Prom, I was not going to chaperone my daughter and her friend, I was there to observe the prom and ensure that my daughter…
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Pope Francis’ Concern for the Family
Pope Francis has a deep love and concern for the state of the family. He has called an extraordinary synod on the family and sent out a survey on the challenges facing families around the world. He is not just concerned about the external challenges facing the family, but is seeking to encourage families to…
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Canasta
Canasta Canasta (/kəˈnæstə/; Spanish for “basket”) is a card game of the rummy family of games believed to be a variant of 500 Rum. Although many variations exist for two, three, five or six players, it is most commonly played by four in two partnerships with two standard decks of cards. Players attempt to make…
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Farkle
You will need: 6 dice, paper and pencil How to play: Each player must score 500 points in one turn to ‘get on the board’. If a player ‘farkles’ before reaching 500 their turn is over and they pass the dice to the next player. Once a player has gotten on the board they can…
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Christmas Silent Retreat with Fr. Nathan Cromly
Fr. Nathan Cromly will be giving a silent retreat for Christmas starting later today (Friday December 27th) and while the retreat takes place in Laredo, the talks will be broadcasted live over the Internet or anyone who wishes to join in. Please see the following calendar event for the details: CSJ Annual Christmas Silent Retreat