Catholic Dads

Christ taught and shared so much in the context of food and meals. May your Thanksgiving feast be time for sharing what is closest to your heart.

Happy Thanksgiving! If your family is like mine, today will be a day of family, feasting, and fun. And, that is the way it should be. Meals are incredibly important to our understanding of who we are and our communion with others. Jesus’ own ministry demonstrates the importance of meals.

His great respect for food and drink can be seen throughout his public ministry. His first public miracle was changing water into wine. He understood our need for bodily nourishment. When He raised Jarius’ daughter from the dead, he did not wait for thanks, but told them to get her something to eat. When the crowds came to hear him teach and Jesus saw they came without food, He provided it for them.[...]

I really appreciated Scott W.’s post on St. Joseph’s Day as a Solemnity.  I would be remiss though if I didn’t add my own post for St. Joseph’s day since I am after all named after him. Plus I want to help this blog community grow, because I think fatherhood is a forgotten “art” in [...]

I have a question for the other Dads here.  Practically, how do you incorporate Scripture in your family life?  The reason I ask: We’ve always prayed together as a family, but my kids are now old enough that we should start reading Scripture together as a family (my wife and I read individually on our [...]

At our house, we don’t eat meat on Friday. The Extraordinary Mother-in-Law presented the kids with many books (she’s a schoolteacher, this is in character for her), including for the Extraordinary Boy (soon to be 7, but reading at the third-grade level) a book of fish-riddles. Among the fish jokes, this classic: “What a is [...]

This is my first post on this blog. I didn’t think I had much to contribute until now. Recent experiences within the last eight months with my father-in-law’s surprise brain tumor has put alot of things into perspective; primarily the example I need to show my children through all of this. My father-in-law, Bob, and [...]

Reiterating once again the basis for my belief that large Christian families are the best hope for the future of our nation, we find this statistic that conservative Christians have 78% more children than secular liberals (H/T: Faithmouse): Writing in the Wall Street Journal, social scientist Arthur Brooks notes that if you pick 100 adults [...]

By: Ron Pereirawww.catholicreply.comwww.leansixsigmaacademy.com My 4 year old, Kileigh, has this little game she plays right before I turn the lights off at bedtime. She always says, “Daddy, don’t forget your chores.” My chores started out as “tell the dogs not to bark and wake me up.” Then they evolved to “pressing buttons on the computer.” [...]

I posted this on my blog, but thought it would apply in response to an earlier blog entry about children dating. Children should follow St. Anthony’s advice before seeking a mate. BE SATISFIED WITH ME Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone,To have a deep soul relationship with another,To be loved thoroughly and exclusively. [...]

Although I already posted this on my own blog, I wanted to throw this question into the ring in our Dad’s forum. As has happened a few times before, another school parent talked about how cute it was that her daughter “had a boyfriend.” To quote a past Australian politician “I don’t like it!” I [...]

Crossposted at Bettnet. My friend Paul sent me this link to a blog by A Catholic Mom in Hawaii, which gives “Easy Ways to Evangelize in Advent,” but most of the 30 different suggestions are good ideas for families any time of year. We already do a few of these already, like “Pray every time [...]