Category: Family Play
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What God has Joined, Let No One Divide
Your Family was started on the day you got married, and after you took your vows. The presider may have uttered words similar to the ones above. It not only applies to you and your spouse, but also to your entire family. The world many times seeks to separate what God has joined together. Living…
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Advice to New Parents
The Keys to Raising a Holy Family When speaking with new parents I often get asked what advice I have for them as they begin their family. It makes sense, they have a blank slate and they want to do everything they can to ensure success and happiness for their children. So for all of…
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Let’s Bring Back Family Game Night
While my family was living in Galveston, TX last year, we discovered a pretty nice little cafe named “Board Game Island“. The food was pretty good, but that isn’t why our kids loved the place. They served alcohol and coffee, but that isn’t why we liked it. We loved this place because it provided an…
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Only the Good Die Young
Billy Joel wrote a very popular song back in the 70s named Only the Good Die Young. It is a very upbeat and catchy song in which he sings about prayers, rosaries, confirmation and Catholic family life. Â The only problem with the song is that the author is not very happy about his encounters…
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Wow, that is a long time!
This past New Year’s Eve, my wife and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. We decided to make it a big deal and so we let our adult children throw us a party to celebrate the joyous event. They rented a nice hall, brought in our favorite live band, had the event catered, bought a…
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Happy Feast of the Holy Family 2015
As is our tradition, each year on the feast of the Holy Family, we publish an article about our ministry, recap the year and look forward to next year and what God may be calling us to accomplish for His glory. This year is doubly special as Denae and I will celebrate our 25th wedding…
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Pay Attention!
Raising a Holy Family The importance of being engaged in family life is key to raising a holy family.  Our goal as parents should be to raise saints, also known as holy people, that will one day make it to heaven.  On a more practical/secular level, we want to raise children that make good moral decisions, make good grades,…
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A Place Set Apart for Families
For the last 4 years, my family and I have driven across the country (23 hours) to attend a week long family camp at Catholic Familyland near Steubenville Ohio. The question I initially asked myself is why and you may be wondering the same thing.  As a Catholic Father, I want to raise my children to be strong…
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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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Canasta
Canasta Canasta (/kəˈnæstÉ™/; 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…