Guard, Reveal and Communicate Love in your Family
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… Read more
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… Read more
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… Read more
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 Read more
Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation on the Joy of the Gospel, specifically how we should communicate that joy to others. In other words that joy that is within us, we should ensure that it shines and that all people we come into contact with will see it within us. That is the most… Read more
A family that plays together… has a lot of fun. Remember when your kids were young, under age six or so? Did you play with them, read books to them, spend time with them just doing random things that made them smile and laugh? Fast forward to the adolescent years, how do we continue to… Read more
The Pope is Asking for Your Opinion on How the Church can Assist Families From Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of the Diocese of Austin – Our Holy Father Pope Francis has called for an Extraordinary Synod of Bishops in October of 2014. The topic of this synod is, “The pastoral challenges for the family in… Read more
Denae and I were honored to be on the Rise and Walk radio talk show with Richard Reyna, General Manager of the Guadalupe Radio Network. We talked about the Annual Community of St. John Family Retreat and our vision for Family Ministry. Please take a listen, we are the first guests on the show and… Read more
Announcing the December Family Fun Day on December 15th at the Onion Creek Ranch. Our Theme this week: Teamwork in the Family “The Family which is founded and given life by love, is a community of persons: of husband and wife, of parents and children, of relatives. Its first task is to … develop an authentic… Read more
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