In an effort to increase participation on the site, we have made it easier to give feedback to our posts. First, we have added a Facebook “Like” button to the top of every post. If you like a post, then click the button.

At the bottom of each post, we have a Reaction buttons. Right now the options are [...]

Catholic Dads Welcomes new member and contributor Steven Smith. Steven says: I am a Catholic husband, father and grandfather. I have been in the media business for several years and am now working in the IT Consulting industry. We are currently helping to launch a virtual Catholic School Program in the United States. Our goal [...]

We will begin accepting members who wish to be affiliated with Catholic Dads but do not have blogs.

Why?

There have been more than a few requests over time for those who do not have blogs to become members. At the time the decision was to not allow this as blog promotion was a much larger part of the Catholic Dads mission. While it is still part of our mission, there is a need to reach out to the wider community of Catholic dads – to allow them to become part of this group, and if they feel so inclined, to contribute to the writings here by submitting articles.[...]

Please welcome new member, James Conklin from Mighty Maggie. James writes:

Catholic
Dad
6 Kids
One with food allergies
One with leukemia
Lovely, bald wife
Deacon Candidate
Love the Church
-james

Welcome, James!

There have been requests for a image/link for Catholic Dads with the new shield logo. I have created a few things that you can use or modify. If you are interested in the symbolism of the shield, please click here for an explanation of the different elements.

In addition to these graphics you can also get the blogroll code and combined feed codes at the Catholic Dad Blog Bling page. [...]

Pray today on the feast of the Holy Innocents for the innocent killed today through abortion.

Today is the feast of the Holy Innocents. The Church has venerated these children as martyrs since the time of the Church fathers. We remember the children killed by the aged Herod. He chose to kill the innocent rather than recognize the Christ which might involve a change to his life and the abandonment of his god – power.[...]

Christmas season is moving fast this year! On the second day of Christmas we typically St. Stephen’s day. This year, we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family because it falls on Sunday. May the Christmas celebration and praise continue!

Merry Christmas!

Being good is not good enough for salvation. Salvation is a free gift we need to accept, not something we deserve.

I was in a discussion with some good friends lately and Christ and Santa Claus came up in an interesting contrast.

First, remember a key element about Santa is earning or worthiness. As the modern legend goes, Santa makes a list of the naughty and nice children (that he repeatedly checks). The nice children get toys and candy, the naughty children get nothing or coal. While in practice, there may be lots of not so nice children who end up with nice gifts, the concept of Santa Claus implicitly involves earning or at least worthiness. Santa knows if you’ve been good or bad, so you better be good for goodness sakes.[...]

Remember that today is a Holy Day of Obligation. Be sure that you and your family attend mass today. As head of the domestic Church, fathers take on a special responsibility in ensuring observation of special feasts like today.

As a reminder, we are celebrating today Mary’s conception without the stain of sin. Some think we are celebrating Christ’s conception, but that is incorrect- we celebrate that at the Annunciation. Visit the Catholic Encyclopedia at New Advent for details on the doctrine of the Immaculate Conceptions.[...]

Please join me in welcoming JonMarc Grodi and his blog Restatement of the Obvious to Catholic Dads. Here is what JonMarc writes:[...]