This article in the Times demonstates something beautiful about parenting. It is not written by a Catholic Dad, as far as I know, but it advocates a type of natural, relaxed, and down-to-earth parenting which I can largely identify with, but also which I see prevalent in Catholic Homeschooling Families. I think it demonstrates some [...]

My Bouncing Baby Boy, Louis! Babies are great!

Let me introduce Louis Peter Conan Doyle, born this morning. Above he is pictured with his big sister Madeleine, who will be 3 years old tomorrow! Wendy did magnificently well, especially since Louis is a 9lb 10oz “boster” and will probably be bigger than me as soon as he’s 12 years old!! It was a [...]

Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, it is not only possible to say the above phrase at the birth of a child, but also half way through its gestation. Wendy is now almost 29 weeks pregnant, and instead of opting for the NHS 20-week anomaly “abortion-screening” scan, we decided to have fun with 4D [...]

I wish to reflect on the topic of Fatherhood, with particular reference to a talk by Dr Michael Waldstein (left), which was delivered at the Faith, the Family, the Future Conference on October 25th 2008 by his son Johannes. The subtitle to the Waldstein talk is “The Hearts of Fathers and the Teenager”. It is [...]

As Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters you are, doing well, and not fearing any disturbance. Ye husbands, likewise dwelling with them according to knowledge, giving honour to the female as to the weaker vessel, and as to the co-heirs of the grace of life: that your prayers be not hindered. – 1 [...]

My first child is only 17 months old. She is beautiful, and the last 2 years have taught me more about human beauty than any other period in my life. It is a steep learning curve and I wanted to share with other Catholic Dads, what my experience of this transition has been. I never [...]