Another blog to enjoy

I just came back from a three-day retreat, facilitated by Kathy Hendricks. She mentioned her blog, to which she posts weekly (on Wednesdays) and while visiting it, I though that it might be something parents would also enjoy. It could be a source of ideas for conversations with your children.
Here is a link to Kathy's blog, We Believe and Share, which is also listed in the column to the right. If you like it, there's a link at the bottom of her page for the RSS Feed.

The Christmas Season Continues!

Some gifts from the parish wish tree

Do you still have your Christmas decorations up? I am one of the very few in my neighborhood with lights going. And yet we are still happily in the Christmas Season (a festive time that begins, not ends, at Christmas!). We celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord this Sunday (bet we sing "We Three Kings"?!)- a feast that helps us remember that God became human to offer salvation to the entire world, and the best way we can celebrate that is to offer God the gifts of our own lives.

In most families, giving and receiving gifts has been a big focus recently! It is so much fun to share the enjoyment of others (and to get something you really like, too!). Many of you probably picked a card off our parish wish tree and bought presents for a stranger who might not have otherwise received any for Christmas. Wasn't that a wonderful way as a family to talk together about helping others?

And here is an article that might give you other ideas for future conversations and actions that could help you raise generous and thoughtful children, ones who are smarter than the slick ads they face everyday!