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Lenten Season 101: A Guide for Everything You Need to Know

Feb 25, 2017 by Gretchen Filz

Lent is the time of spiritual preparation prior to the Easter season, just as Advent is for Christmas. Jesus taught us clearly that there is no resurrection without the Cross, a … Read more

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How Can We Learn to Listen to God's Answer to Our Prayers?

Feb 24, 2017 by Gretchen Filz

Prayer is not easy, and neither is coming to understand when and how God may be answering our prayers. My two big pieces advice:1) Remember what God has already done for you (in th … Read more

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A Guide to 4 Popular Devotional Tools for Lent

Feb 22, 2017 by Gretchen Filz

Christmas and Easter are the two principle feasts of the liturgical year. On Christmas our Savior was born, and on Easter, the Church's most important feast, our Savior accom … Read more

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Lent Is Our Chance For A Spiritual Tune Up

Feb 21, 2017 by Whitney Hetzel

I recently dropped off my car off for service. A maintenance light had been nagging me for at least a month, so I finally did something about it. $880 later, I drove away with my … Read more

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Anticipating Lent: Your Pre-Lent Pep Talk

Feb 15, 2017 by Laura Jean Rabiipour

Lent is fast approaching and Catholics across the world will soon gather in solidarity on Ash Wednesday to embark on the forty day journey into the proverbial wilderness of self-de … Read more

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Teaching Kids How to Pray: Pope Francis' Five-Finger Method

Feb 05, 2017 by Gretchen Filz

There's a simple prayer method attributed to Pope Francis while he was Archbishop of Argentina.It's a simple yet helpful prayer method not only great for teaching kids how to pray, … Read more

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How to Make St. Brigid's Cross

Feb 01, 2017 by Gretchen Filz

St. Brigid of Ireland (451–525 A.D.), also known as St. Brigit of Kildare, was born to a pagan Irish chieftain father and a Christian slave mother, making her a slave girl. She wor … Read more

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Don Bosco's Advice on How to Keep the Devil Away

Jan 29, 2017 by Gretchen Filz

St. John Bosco (also known as Don Bosco) was an influential 19th century Italian priest who ministered to the poor and neglected boys of Turin, Italy, who were drive … Read more

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Epiphany Blessing for The Catholic Company Warehouse: See Photos & Video

Jan 12, 2017 by Gretchen Filz

Epiphany is one of the Church's major feasts of the liturgical year, the peak of the Christmas season, and as such is accompanied by very special and beautiful blessings in celebra … Read more

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How Can Families Keep their Christmas Festivities Going through Epiphany?

Dec 28, 2016 by Gretchen Filz

We asked Fr. Leo Patalinghug, author of Grace Before Meals, how families can overcome the temptation to end their Christmas celebrations on December 26th and keep their festivities … Read more

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Christmas Stockings: Why You Should Stuff Them With Care

Dec 19, 2016 by Mary Kate Hetzel

We hang them with care. Why not fill them the same?When it gets down to holiday crunch time, stockings are often the last thing on our mind. Especially when there is so much stuff … Read more

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What My Family Has Learned From Our Jesse Tree

Dec 19, 2016 by Whitney Hetzel

One of my favorite Advent traditions is the Jesse Tree. I first became familiar with the Jesse Tree twenty years ago when our oldest child was seven years old. My frien … Read more

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Lenten Season 101: A Guide for Everything You Need to Know

How Can We Learn to Listen to God's Answer to Our Prayers?

A Guide to 4 Popular Devotional Tools for Lent

Lent Is Our Chance For A Spiritual Tune Up

Anticipating Lent: Your Pre-Lent Pep Talk

Teaching Kids How to Pray: Pope Francis' Five-Finger Method

How to Make St. Brigid's Cross

Don Bosco's Advice on How to Keep the Devil Away

Epiphany Blessing for The Catholic Company Warehouse: See Photos & Video

How Can Families Keep their Christmas Festivities Going through Epiphany?

Christmas Stockings: Why You Should Stuff Them With Care

What My Family Has Learned From Our Jesse Tree