Saints and Devotions to Bring Home Fallen-Away Catholics
COMMENTARY: Our Lady of Šiluva and other saints and devotional practices offer hope to those interceding for prodigal sons and daughters.
Results from Tag: 'fallen-away catholics'
A Grandparents’ Dilemma: Giving Faithful Catholic Witness in a Family Divided
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: When children and grandchildren live outside Church teaching, how can grandparents remain loving without compromising the faith?
A Parent’s Dilemma: ‘We Raised Them Catholic — Why Did They Drift?’
An excerpt from ‘Family Faith Under Fire’ by Dr. Ray Guarendi
Philadelphia Archdiocese Prays St. Andrew Novena for Fallen-Away Catholics
Participants are asked to recite the traditional prayer 15 times each day while praying specifically for the grace of reconciliation for loved ones currently disconnected from the faith.
St. Monica Project Helps Parents Whose Children Left the Catholic Faith
Also known as ‘Masses and Tears,’ these clubs assist families in emulating the mother of St. Augustine.
Why St. Monica Is a Saint for Our Times
The life of St. Augustine offers hope; he is a real-life prodigal son.Where would the Church and the West be without him? Or, better yet, where would the Church and West be without his mother?
Love, Not Genius, Will Save Your Fallen-Away Loved Ones
COMMENTARY: Take a lesson from St. Augustine and St. Monica: Prayer is the single most effective answer to this problem, as it is to all problems.
I Pray for My Fallen-Away Children to Return to the Church
I’ve had the same item on my Christmas list since 2008, and it was there again this year. What do I want? I want my fallen-away children to return to the Church.
Your Prayers Will Bring Them Home
How a Facebook group is encouraging parents whose children have left the faith
Keep Praying — There’s No Case So Desperate That Salvation Is Out of Reach
‘Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.’ (Romans 12:12)
