Our deeper union with Christ strengthens the love within us and makes us more capable of loving and supporting each other.

Grandparents have so much to offer, but as with all relationships, communication and commitment are essential.

Our best strategy is to focus on the ways we affirm, encourage and build our children up with God’s loving truth. Here are a few ideas to help with this important work.

The Holy Spirit which fills us with the wisdom, direction and patience we need to guide our children toward the truths of our faith. Here are some ways the Advocate can help.

What we look at has the power to change us. Our eyes are like portals to our imagination.

Here are some ideas about making sure your children carry their faith and family values with them as they head off to school.

Featuring some delicious summer bounty

The living space needs and preferences of a couple will naturally evolve over the course of their marriage and family life.

A papal blessing seals the Catholic connection to coffee

Our grandparents and great-grandparents who immigrated to the United States from southern Italy brought with them a decadent Easter brunch dish that we now call pizza rustica.

Finding the right balance for children between family life and outside activities can be challenging enough even when parents share the same vision of what that “right balance” is.

PART TWO Raising holy, healthy, safe kids is the goal of all parents.

Invite God into this important vocation

Scripture very clearly tells us to “love our neighbor,” but what happens when the neighbor in question is a child who appears on your doorstep at all hours?

Young men receive a well-rounded education at seminary and so much more.

“We want to make sure young families know they are seen, and we want them in our churches.”

Honor this great apostle with a Mediterranean salad.

This article offers some tips for helping kids receive the sacrament of reconciliation, which is essential to our sainthood.

When life doesn’t go according to plan, how can married couples be strong together in the face of adversity?

With Christmas festivities around the corner, consider making this Italian dessert to honor a saint who spent most of his time in Italy and whose feast we celebrate this month.

She says: We are so busy working from home it’s the only way to get anything done.

It is almost symbolic how the various elements of the Thanksgiving feast declare the unexpected nature of God’s bounty.

I’ve had a good friend at work who has become cool and distant. I wonder what has happened and what to do?

“Listen with the ears of your heart.” - St. Benedict of Nursia

Enhance tomato soup with aromatic herbs in honor of Our Lady.