Tag: cousins

• Being the Servant of Others

  

  “To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.” St. John Paul II Homily October 7, 1979 On Holy Thursday, the Gospel recalls the washing of the feet of the Apostles by Jesus.  He…

  Allen Hébert

  April 3, 2015

  Articles, God’s Plan for Family Life, Joy

  children, community, cousins, extended family, Family, holy family, mission, parenting, priorities, relationships, servants, service

• Are you Afraid of Dying?

  

  Family Funerals Funerals, everybody loves attending them, right?  If you are like me, you don’t look forward to attending a funeral.  Depending on who died, it may be a very somber event.  In my forty five years on this earth I have attended funerals for the young, old and everyone in between. Funerals are a…

  Allen Hébert

  February 11, 2015

  Articles, Community, Corporal Works of Mercy, Joy, Unconditional Love, Visiting the Sick

  aunts, children, community, cousins, death, extended family, Family, funerals, gossip, holy family, love, Marriage, parenting, Prayer, presence, priorities, relationships, steve jobs, uncles

• Family Matters

  

  My wife and I are the only members of our family to have moved away from our hometown, the rest of our siblings chose to make their home fairly close to our parents, but we moved a mere three hours west to a smaller city.  So for the last 27 years we have raised our…

  Allen Hébert

  November 25, 2014

  Articles, Community, Forming a Community of Persons, God’s Plan for Family Life, Mission of the Family, Unconditional Love

  aunts, cousins, death, extended family, funerals, priorities, uncles