Catholic Dads

At Sports Illustrated, Joe Posnanski writes the best thing I’ve read about the perfect-game-that-should’ve-been: … There was something beautiful lost in the Jim Joyce fiasco, something that I hope I remember for as long as I remember the blown call. Yes, it’s hard to think about beautiful things when you have just watched one of [...]

A friend sent this to me.  I’m not sure what organization Ian Slatter is with, but I thought this was an interesting read. Response to the Washington Post Homeschoolers Say No to Mandatory State Testing Ian Slatter Director of Media Relations August 25, 2009 “Homeschooling is the sleeping giant of the American education system,” is [...]

My parents came in from Minneapolis yesterday, and they’ll be staying with us for the next week. (Happily, this will allow them to join us for the St. John Cantius Parish picnic this Sunday, which The Dutchman posted about yesterday.) Knowing that our eldest daughter Teresa just learned to ride a bike a couple weeks [...]

Whats Up with Lourdes College? I recently recieved an e-mail from a professor at Lourdes College. This e-mail was about class assignments and a paper to sign – that must be signed prior to taking the class.The class? Human Sexuality. I wrote the professor asking if the course is in-line with Catholic teachings on the [...]

I have seen this recently, but I don’t think it has been on Catholic Dads before. If it has, it bears repeating. If not, then I hope you enjoy.

The Sons of LarryD are stricken with a disease – it’s not life-threatening, mind you. It’s pandemic, but not contagious. It’s neither debilitating nor incapacitating. It’s just really really frustrating. I’m talking about Liturgical Laryngitis. You can set your clock to when it strikes, and you can guess rather accurately as to when the symptoms [...]

We had an odd experience after a recent parents’ evening at school. I thought it had been fairly positive: Bernie needed to keep working to secure good grades (A), work harder to secure top grades (A*), and risk dropping a grade (to B) if she eases off. Bernie thought they were saying she’d get top [...]

As a dad, much of the day to day is leading by example, teaching by words and deeds, and reinforcing virtuous behavior while gently correcting bad behavior (sometimes not so gently, but that has it’s place, too!) From time to time, I wonder if the teaching and leading and reinforcing ever takes hold in their [...]

Hey, everyone out their, its Matt from Play the Dad? Be the Dad! and I have a question for ya. One of the things my wife and I have noticed my older child attempting to get out of her “Just Punishments” resulting from her disobedience. Now, I consider this direct defiance of her parents and [...]

I would bet that many of you who were raised Catholic can remember getting the cardboard “rice bowls” at Lent (I don’t remember seeing them in a while). The nuns at my school would make sure that each of us had one. I remember sacrificing just a bit to fill that bowl. As an adult, [...]