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Attitude Platitude
BY Dave Durand Family Matters
November 1-7, 2009 Issue 
I have been in leadership positions for
years. A recurring theme I hear from
consultants and coaches is: “Attitude is everything.” Forgive my skepticism,
but I’m not convinced that success is that simple. What is your take?
I share your skepticism. Attitude is
relevant, but by no means is... READ MORE
Women at Work: Pros and Cons
Fact of Life
November 1-7, 2009 Issue
A new Rockefeller Foundation survey finds
that around three-quarters of Americans believe that the increasing presence of
women in the workforce has been very or somewhat positive for American society
and the economy. But there’s a bit of a backlash, too. Some 65% of respondents
feel the decrease... READ MORE
The Families That Adore Together
BY EDDIE O’NEILL Pro-Family Profile
October 25-31, 2009 Issue
The late Father Patrick Peyton, founder of the
Family Rosary Crusade, coined a phrase that has since become ubiquitous: “The
family that prays together stays together.”
Those
words, first spoken in the 1940s, are coming alive in a new way in the
Archdiocese of Milwaukee. That’s thanks to... READ MORE
Special Needs, Sanctifying Deeds
BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN Catechizing the Developmentally Disabled
October 25-31, 2009 Issue
Mark and Kim Stagliano couldn’t have been happier.
Posing with their three young daughters right after 14-year-old Mia and
13-year-old Gianna, the two oldest, made their first holy Communion together
last year, they thanked God for the amazement of his grace.
“Having
that picture in our house... READ MORE
All Work and All Gray
Fact of Life
October 25-31, 2009 Issue
A surprisingly large majority of working
Americans plan to work as long as they can during retirement age, according to
a new poll commissioned by the financial firm Bankrate. No fewer than 75% of
respondents said they’ll work as long as they can. Nearly 40% plan to work for
the love of working,... READ MORE
Marriage Material?
BY Tom and Caroline McDonald Family Matters
October 25-31, 2009 Issue
I have been dating a wonderful woman for a few
months now. How do I know if we are ready to take that next step toward
marriage, or if it is truly the right thing at all?
Here
are a few questions for you and your significant other to ask yourselves before
popping the question. While not at all a... READ MORE
Halloweens and Beatitudes
BY Tom and April Hoopes User’s Guide to Sunday
October 25-31, 2009 Issue
Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, is All Saints’
Day, a solemnity.
Halloween and All Souls
Last year, we attended our
Connecticut parish’s “Holyween” party, where the kids dressed as saints and
Dominican Father Bernard Confer guessed with astonishing accuracy who each was.
This year we’re in... READ MORE
The Family That Evangelizes Together
BY Monta Monaco Hernon Pro-Life Profile
October 18-24, 2009 Issue
The Second
Vatican Council called missionary work the “greatest and holiest task of the
Church” and described the Church’s commission to “rally the forces of all the
faithful” to “spread everywhere the reign of Christ” (Ad
Gentes, The Mission Activity of the Church, 1965).
Most... READ MORE
Mom and Dad: Theological Masters
BY EDDIE O’NEILL Parents Go to School for God and Family
October 18-24, 2009 Issue
This autumn
is seeing a notable harvest of Catholic parents heading to school — not to
check in on their children, but to take up studies of their own.
But even more surprising than the
sheer number of grown-up students is the popularity of a particular degree
that’s much in demand these days:... READ MORE
God Provides
Fact of Life
October 18-24, 2009 Issue
A new study of the two decades around the
Great Depression turns up a counterintuitive finding: A bad economy may be good
for people’s health. Life expectancy increased by six years between 1929 and
1932 (from 57 to 63), and the increase held for both men and women. And the
number of deaths from... READ MORE
Attention Tension
BY Dr. Ray Guarendi Family Matters
October 18-24, 2009 Issue
My sons, ages 4 and 5, are getting more
difficult and demanding as they get older. I think I give them a lot of my time
and attention, but they seek more. Am I
missing something?
The crux of my last Register column
was that kids act up for countless reasons, attention seeking being only one.
Kids... READ MORE
Bartimaeus, Jeremiah and You
BY Tom and April Hoopes User’s Guide to Sunday
October 18-24, 2009 Issue
Sunday, Oct. 25, is the 30th Sunday in Ordinary
Time (Year B, Cycle I).
Papal
At
9:30 a.m. Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Benedict XVI will close the Synod
of Bishops for Africa. The last synod for Africa was in 1994 — and it’s unusual
to have another so soon. But consider Africa’s... READ MORE
Family Power in Canadian Numbers
BY STEVE WEATHERBE
October 11-17, 2009 Issue
Alberta’s
annual tent revival for Catholic families started with a carpenter and an idea.
Bob LeBlanc was always known within
the Open Door prayer group as an idea man. The charismatic group had been
meeting for several years in St. Albert, Alberta, a historic French... READ MORE
Selling Scared
BY Phil Lenahan Family Matters
October 11-17, 2009 Issue
I know cooler heads prevail when the stock
market takes a turn for the worse, but I’m finding it hard to resist the urge
to cut my losses and pull out of all my investments. Talk some sense into me,
please!
We’ve been going through an economic
cycle that challenges the fortitude of even... READ MORE
Mission Sunday ‘Infection’
BY Tom and April Hoopes User’s Guide to Sunday
October 11-17, 2009 Issue
Sunday, Oct.
18, 2009, is the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time and World Mission Sunday.
World Mission Sunday
In his remarks for Mission Sunday
2009, Pope Benedict XVI said a few startling things.
First,
he made it clear that no generation is off the hook regarding the need to
evangelize. Certainly... READ MORE
Christopher Columbus’ Marian Mission
BY Joseph Pronechen Pray the Patriotic Rosary All October
October 11-17, 2009 Issue
We all know Christopher Columbus discovered America
in 1492, but have we ever heard about the connection the explorer had with the
Blessed Mother?
As we celebrate her memorial of Our
Lady of the Rosary on Oct. 7 and
Columbus Day on Oct. 12, the connection has monumental implications for
our... READ MORE
True Love Waits — and Rewards
Facts of Life
October 4-10, 2009 Issue
Engaged and dating couples who don’t share
an address until after exchanging wedding vows are doing their future marriage
a major favor. A study published in the July edition of the Journal
of Family Psychology showed that couples who wait have happier
marriages, less conflict and lower divorce... READ MORE
Strength in Meekness
BY Dave Durand Family Matters
October 4-10, 2009 Issue
I am
struggling over what it means to be a Catholic striving for meekness and
humility while also being a business leader. It seems that meekness does not
get results — and pride definitely fuels assertiveness and, thus, success. How
do I reconcile these competing character traits?
The answer... READ MORE
Saints New and Old — and Us
BY Tom and April Hoopes User's Guide to Sunday
October 4-10, 2009 Issue
Oct. 11 is the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year
B, Cycle I).
Canonizations
At
10 a.m. on Oct. 11, Pope Benedict XVI will canonize four new saints in St.
Peter’s Square.
Damien of
Molokai
Joseph
Damien de Veuster (1840-1889) of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus
and Mary was famous... READ MORE
Mothers’ Prayers Profit Priests
BY Joseph Pronechen
October 4-10, 2009 Issue
Becoming a spiritual mother for priests was a
natural progression for Sheila Michie.
As
a child she learned to love and admire priests during visits with her uncle, a
priest at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. When her husband, Charles,
worked at the Diocese of Tulsa, Okla., the love and... READ MORE
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