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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton

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Celebrating family life

Celebrating Family Transitions

We recently gathered as a family to celebrate our grandson’s transition to his first year of university. There was plentiful food and warm conversation. We are so happy for him as he embarks on this life-changing adventure and can only imagine the level of excitement and anticipation he must be feeling. There have been many life changes since we held him as an infant. Change seems to dominate the landscape of being a family. Those early memories move our hearts.

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Seeing and Hearing More

I recently was filtering through some old family photos and papers. I find it helpful to sift through the many things we store in boxes. I’ve discovered that over time, some items we have kept can take on new meaning, and sometimes it’s easy to let go of things we no longer treasure. It’s good to simplify.

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Celebrating family life  |  Healing the family

The Presence of God in Families - Weekday Homily Video

Today's Scriptures remind us of the universal human longing to know and understand God more deeply. Just as God's people in the Book of Exodus were on a journey of rediscovering their identity, so too are our families on a journey, navigating the challenges and joys of life together.

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Celebrating family life

Keeping the Sabbath - Family Reflection Video

Can you remember back when Sundays were different? A day when you went to Mass, picked up a dozen doughnuts on the way home, or maybe went out to breakfast before heading home with the Sunday paper. That was just in the morning! Afternoons and evenings almost always included visiting family and friends, family lunch and supper, going for a ride, and being outside, including learning how to ride your bike or drive a car in the empty parking lots of banks and malls.

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Saying Our Prayers, Living Our Prayers

In this part of the world, we are plunging into the heat and humidity of summer. We carefully schedule our outdoor activity for cooler and shadier times of the day. A quiet breeze refreshes us, staying hydrated is essential, and visiting the shore restores us.

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Bring Your Feelings to Prayer

I’ve been thinking about birthdays lately. Perhaps this is because both my wife and I have celebrations coming soon. Birthdays have a way of surfacing a lot of feelings and memories. When our granddaughter turned two years old, there was the usual gathering of friends and family to celebrate. The children wore festive birthday hats. During the happy, fun-filled event, the birthday girl happened to pull the elastic below her chin that held her hat in place.

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