Golden Opportunity!

Faith and Family Live! | Posted by DariaSockey in News on Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Seminaries in African are bursting at the seams. Indeed, Africa has sent “missionaries” to American dioceses in need of priests. It is a continent rich in faith. But its seminaries are poor in materials. Have you ever seen the library of an American seminary, bulging from floor to ceiling with multiple copies of every theological classic, papal document, and encyclopedia a student might need? In addition,... READ MORE

Mother's Day Inspiration

Faith and Family Live! | Posted by DariaSockey in Family on Monday, May 07, 2012

Some years ago I’d proposed an idea for an article about special needs children for a christian publication. The editor said no, he didn’t think there would be enough interest, since, after all, only a tiny percentage of the readership were dealing with special needs children. I came back at him with statistics to show that it probably wasn’t so tiny a percentage as he thought. He agreed with that... READ MORE

Best meal of the year

Faith and Family Live! | Posted by DariaSockey in Familycategory/food/">Food on Monday, April 02, 2012

It’s an object lesson for young families who are just starting to establish catholic holyday customs.
During the early years of our marriage, I read http://www.amazon.com/Year-Our-Children-Catholic-Celebrations/dp/1933184272 by Mary Reed Newland. She suggested a Holy Thursday meal made up of the foods that Jesus and his disciples would have eaten at the Last Supper: unleavened bread, roast lamb, ... READ MORE

Walk With Me

Faith and Family Live! | Posted by DariaSockey in Family on Wednesday, February 29, 2012

It’s hard to imagine a church that does not have carvings, paintings, or plaques depicting the fourteen stations of the cross. But prior to the 17th century, stations were not a widespread piece of church decor. Starting in the late Middle Ages, the Franciscan order developed this devotion as a way of symbolically recreating the prayerful walks along the via crucis that pilgrims to Jerusalem made.... READ MORE

Remember, You Are Dust

Faith and Family Live! | Posted by DariaSockey in Family on Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Above is a video of a famous song that was a big hit when I was, let’s see, maybe a freshman in college. It kind of works for Ash Wednesday, in a non-liturgical setting, that is. What’s kind of interesting about the video is it shows how the members of Kansas have aged over the years—how they are clearly on their way to becoming dust. As are all of us.

Of course, the song’s lyrics don’t go far enough.... READ MORE

Attention Single Girls!

Faith and Family Live! | Posted by DariaSockey in Family on Monday, February 20, 2012

Just hours after reading Danielle’s shout out to Robyn Lee I received a book that we’ll want to get Robyn’s opinion on. And I’ll be sending it to my (single) oldest daughter for her opinion as well. In the meantime, I can tell you that The Catholic Girl’s Survival Guide for the Single Years by Emily Stimpson has a lot going for it. For those who judge books by their covers—need I say more? This one’s... READ MORE

Day After Chocolate

Faith and Family Live! | Posted by DariaSockey in Family on Wednesday, February 15, 2012

I just arrived back from Walmart with a bag full of pecan turtles, Ghiradelli squares, Dove hearts,Belgian truffles and red and pink M&Ms.  This yearly pilgrimage to the Valentine candy aisle takes place every February 15th, except when Lent starts early. It was fun to people watch while picking out these half price goodies. All the customers were women. Some of them kept picking things up and putting... READ MORE

A new closet for $7.99

Faith and Family Live! | Posted by DariaSockey in Homemaking on Friday, February 10, 2012

Since our marriage in 1980, Bill and I have lived in 8 different homes. Only once did we have the luxury of a walk-in closet. Because both our budgets and our architectural whims run to vintage farmhouses, we’ve often had to share some very small closets. That’s the case in our current home as well, where our garments have hung in a mere 3 and one half foot space. True, there is a large hall closet... READ MORE

The Church Was Right on Birth Control

Faith and Family Live! | Posted by DariaSockey in News on Wednesday, February 08, 2012

It’s been a good week to be a believing Catholic in the United States. Tumultuous, but good. It’s a cause of legitimate pride to see our Bishops taking a bold stand against the HHS contraception sterilization mandate.  It’s been gratifying to see so many non-Catholics joining us in protest. Whatever they think of the Church’s teaching on contraception—and we can assume most of them disagree with it—they... READ MORE

Present at a Martyrdom

Faith and Family Live! | Posted by DariaSockey in Faith on Monday, February 06, 2012

Today’s Liturgy of the Hours includes this eyewitness account of the martyrdom of St. Paul Miki and companions, which took place in 1597

The crosses were set in place. Father Pasio and Father Rodriguez took turns encouraging the victims. Their steadfast behavior was wonderful to see. The Father Bursar stood motionless, his eyes turned heavenward. Brother Martin gave thanks to God’s goodness by singing... READ MORE

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