Catholic Dads

For the last four days, my wife and I took care of the three daughters of a friend of ours – a 9-year old and 5-year old twins. Adding our own 2-year old daughter into the mix and we had a house full of girls. I was quite out numbered. I wasn’t looking forward to [...]

A few days ago, on the vigil of the Solemnity of St. Joseph, the Holy Father presided over vespers with a group of religious in Cameroon. At the time, he offered a reflection on Christ’s foster father on earth. Although geared primarily towards clergy, there were some memorable dad insights in this reflection, including… Yet [...]

Cross posted from With a Grain of Salt Quality Time? Work is interesting and rewarding. It is fantastic to have a job doing what I love (at least some of the time), but at what point does ‘all work and no play’ make this “Jack” a dull boy? It is true that is I am [...]

“Become who you were born to be.” I’ve always loved this line, taken from a scene in Peter Jackson’s film “The Return of the King.” In a darkened tent where the army of Rohan encamps on the side of a mountain, Elrond speaks a word of challenge and invitation to Aragorn. He is the descendant [...]

Sometimes you have to be reminded of a different perspective.This really helped me today. ht: Nick PadleyCrossposted at : LostLambs

A conference called “Reclaiming Fatherhood: A Multifaceted Examination of Men Dealing with Abortion” will be held in Chicago on September 8th and 9th. This is only the second ever international conference of its kind (the first was held last year in San Francisco), and next month’s conference promises to be equally good. Among other topics, [...]

I thought fellow dads might be interested in a list of items on how to be a great dad from The Art of Manliness. I have reproduced just the list part, without the additional explanation. You can go to the article for the details. My thoughts on what seems to be missing can be found [...]

cross-posted from my blog An open letter to oglers and skeptics (and those who are just curious) of large families. The pressures, expectations, and life in general of large families. Behavior- My kids have extra pressure on them to behave in public. Most of it brought on by their mother and I. We stress to [...]

Good afternoon Catholic Dads! You may have already received this message, but just in case you haven’t, well, here it is. I’ve been listening to their Sunday podcasts for many months. They’re helpful in that the focus is on men’s spirituality. Often, there are some questions for reflection at the end of each podcast. I’ve [...]

The recent post on parenting and the pastoral rule reminded me of a great book on educating children in the virtues: Character Building by David Isaacs. The blurb on Amazon says: With the family under fire as never before, even faithful Catholic parents often don’t know where to turn for trustworthy guidance about childrearing. That’s [...]