Tag: community
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A Family After God’s Own Heart
Retreat Registration now Open! The family is a gift from God, but the world’s influence can lead to unhealthy habits. Your Holy Family Ministries provides tools and guidance to bring families closer to God. The family is where we learn to love, and it’s essential to sanctify family life. To achieve this, discernment, pruning away…
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The Trauma of Sin
We recently moved to a new city and found an awesome Catholic community that we didn’t think possible (We moved here for a secular job). The Pastoral staff and fellow parishioners are incredible and even in the midst of the COVID pandemic restrictions we were able to meet some great people and get involved in…
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Be Generous with Your Time – 2019 Feast of the Holy Family
December 29, 2019, Feast of the Holy Family Greetings supporters and friends of Your Holy Family Ministries. We pray that your Christmas season has been and will continue to be filled with Faith and Family. We write to you with much joy after celebrating Christmas with most of our children who were able to travel…
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Your Family Can Heal the Church
September 8th, 2019 – 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (other years, Birth of the Virgin Mary) In January of 2019, Denae and I began writing a book to bring hope and healing to the Church and those who have been abused by members of the clergy. At the time I recall thinking about why God…
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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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You Just Never Know
I meet lots of people in my line of work and in the work with our non-profit ministry to families and I am always amazed when someone shares with me the struggles they or members of their family are going through. No one and no family is immune from trials and tribulations, some are just…
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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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Courtship is not the Answer
I absolutely love the courtship approach to dating for my children, but it isn’t enough. Courtship is the idea that young people should only enter into an exclusive relationship when they are ready to get married. I have discussed in a previous blog post exactly what Dating with Purpose looks like, so go check it…
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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…