When a childhood friend first told me about the love she had for her foster brother, I vowed to become a foster parent someday. Now that “someday” has finally...
Family
Explore U.S. Catholic articles on family—reflections, guidance, and stories about parenting, marriage, and building faith-filled homes.
I’ve always cringed when I hear the expression “offer it up.” While the phrase actually refers to something called redemptive suffering—the idea that our...
Got a burning question? Click here to Ask an Apostle. Q: I don’t get along with my parents, so I try to avoid seeing them as much as I can, including...
Every Sunday afternoon, my phone whistles to remind me to send a text to the “Rose-ary Chain,” a group of roughly 25 Rose family members who pray the rosary...
My family has had the privilege of our fiscal health improving throughout the pandemic—bolstered retirement accounts thanks to a rallying stock market...
As the eldest of four brothers, a still-haunting refrain was pounded into my head by my parents throughout my childhood: “Be a good example.” I hated this...
If I ask you to imagine the middle child of the Brady Bunch—Jan—shaking her head and lamenting “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia,” can you picture her knitted forehead...
A researcher by training, I immediately ordered a short stack of books when I found out I was pregnant with my first child. For eight months, Heidi Murkoff’s...
Got a burning question? Click here to Ask an Apostle. Q: My young children won’t stop making noise during Mass. Should I leave them at home with a...
In my final trimester of pregnancy with our firstborn, I followed all of the Prepare for Baby instructions provided enthusiastically by friends, strangers, and...
