It’s been decades since Father’s Day made any demands on me: no searching for the perfect card or gift for father, father-in-law, or grandfathers. Yet their...
Family
Explore U.S. Catholic articles on family—reflections, guidance, and stories about parenting, marriage, and building faith-filled homes.
What’s required for a Catholic wedding? In the Catholic church, marriage isn’t just a celebration of a relationship milestone or the recognition of a new legal...
My son Henry sat opposite me in our living room, trying to cross off a confirmation-related assignment on his to-do list: an interview with a parent about...
As a queer Catholic couple, my fiancée and I had wondered how God might want us to build a family. Then, as we were preparing for our wedding in early 2020...
The U.S. Catholic bishops’ guidelines for Lenten fasting and abstinence absolve children from the dietary restrictions, but as a family we have always chosen...
My wife and I are in the thick of the newborn phase with our first baby, Frances. In normal times, parenting a newborn is intense: sleepless nights, constant...
City-owned grocery stores were among the potpourri of notions that New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, floated during a campaign that upset the city’s...
Looking ahead to the new year in those final weeks of 2024, I found myself laying the groundwork for what became something of a family social experiment. With...
“It just doesn’t feel like a holiday without pasta,” my mother-in-law told us as she set a steaming bowl of tortellini onto the table in preparation for...
Do you ever feel like you’re “accomplishing Christmas” rather than savoring Christmas? Ironically, in this season designed to celebrate and enjoy God-with-us...
