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The Benefits of Family Prayer
We all want good things for our families - happiness, health, and fulfillment to name a few. Did you know that praying as a family can benefit the whole family in multiple ways? According to the Institute for Family Studies, praying as a family can help reduce stress, strengthen relationships, and build a sense of family unity, as well as help your children grow in faith. Prayer can also benefit their mental and emotional well-being. Praying together doesn’t need to be complicated; a simple routine can go a long way. Try taking time to pray together today!
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For ideas on how to pray together as a family, check out Project Nazareth at projectnazareth.org.
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Prayer Helps You Recalibrate | Family Prayer | The Videira Family
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Mike and Dashe Videira have four children, and like all of us, sometimes they don’t have a great day. But no matter how their day went, the Videira family has found that taking time to thank God and pray together at the end of the day makes for a much better night’s sleep. There are all sorts of ways a family can pray together - before bed, at dinner, in the car, at Mass, and so on. But no matt...
Meet the Bishop | Bishop Cristiano Barbosa Full Interview
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Meet the newly ordained Bishop Cristiano Barbosa, an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Boston! Chris Donoghue talks with Bishop Barbosa about his childhood, his call to the priesthood, his move to the United States from Brazil, his time teaching at Saint John’s Seminary and Pope John XXIII Seminary, his recent ordination, and his episcopal motto. Learn about how the bishop was called to s...
Prayer Helps Reduce Stress | Family Prayer | The Morell Family
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Tahni Morell’s son experiences a lot of stress as the quarterback for his high school football team. The Morell family has discovered that taking just a little time to pray can go a long way in reducing stress and anxiety in their lives. Matt felt the freedom to pray because his mom established a culture of prayer in their home by taking time to pray herself and by praying with the family befor...
Prayer Helps Change Your Perspective | Family Prayer | The Noronha Family
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Craig and Ansu Noronha have three daughters and sometimes they can get on each other’s nerves. The Noronha family has found that their simple, nighttime prayer routine helps provide the girls with a little perspective that can help them make peace after a disagreement. There are all sorts of ways a family can pray together - before bed, at dinner, in the car, at Mass, and so on. But no matter h...
What Can I Do to Support NFP? | Christina Valenzuela | NFP Week 2023
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Early on in her marriage, Christina Valenzuela realized it was difficult to get support navigating postpartum fertility and natural family planning. It took her two years to find the help she needed! Convicted that it shouldn’t be that difficult, Christina decided she wanted to make it a little easier for other women and became a natural family planning instructor. Still, in working with her cl...
Natural Family Planning and Self Gift | Craig and Amy Dyke | NFP Week 2023
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Craig and Amy Dyke will be celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary this summer. As they look back on their married life, they realize natural family planning (NFP) has played an important role in building their relationship with each other and with God. Ultimately, it’s helped them make a gift of themselves to each other. Marriage takes hard work, communication, conflict resolution, virtues,...
There’s More than One Way to Practice NFP | Mikayla Dalton | NFP Week 2023
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Natural Family Planning (NFP) can sometimes seem confusing. For Mikayla Dalton, when she first got married, she thought NFP was just one thing. Through the helpful advice of a friend, she discovered that there are many different approaches to living out natural family planning. Empowered by this knowledge, she became an NFP Instructor to help other couples find the method best for them. Though ...
From Contraception to Natural Family Planning | Kerry Pound, M.D. | NFP Week 2023
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Dr. Kerry Pound, a pediatrician, shares how Pope Paul VI’s Humanae Vitae transformed the way she, as a professional and a woman, thinks about contraception. Moved by his accurate predictions of the implications of hormonal birth control, Dr. Pound has adopted a more holistic approach to fertility, recognizing that ovulation is an important sign of woman’s health, impacting her bone health, brai...
Do you know which Apostle went to Ukraine? | St. Andrew
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Bishop Mark O’Connell, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Boston, shares with Chris Donoghue that St. Andrew was one of the first disciples of Jesus. From that initial transformative encounter with the Messiah until his death, St. Andrew was an evangelist through and through. His zeal for the Gospel took him all the way to Russia and the Ukraine. Bishop Mark reminds us that we are all called t...
Can you have a relationship with the Trinity? | St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
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Sister Margaret, a Trappist sister, shares with Chris Donoghue about St. Elizabeth of the Trinity’s beautiful and intimate relationship with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Sister Margaret discovered St. Elizabeth at a time when she was struggling to adapt to monastic life and Elizabeth’s writings about the Trinity inspired her in her own Vocation. St. Elizabeth of the Trinity is truly a model of...
Is it possible to ignore God? | St. Faustina
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Sister Faustina, a sister with the Daughters of Mary of Nazareth, shares a little about the life of Saint Faustina with Chris Donoghue. St. Faustina always had a deep relationship with God, but because of certain circumstances she didn’t immediately respond to His invitation to enter religious life. But Jesus continues to pursue us all. Sister Faustina was most moved by St. Faustina’s trust in ...
How does a monk evangelize? | St. Columbkille
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Fr. Richard Fitzgerald, a priest in the Archdiocese of Boston and pastor at St. Columbkille parish in Brighton, MA, talks to Chris Donoghue about St. Columbkille, who was born in Ireland not long after the time of St. Patrick. St. Columbkille’s name was actually Columba and “kille” was added because he built so many churches! Fr. Fitzgerald believes we can all learn from St. Columbkille’s perse...
So you think you know St. Paul? | St. Paul the Apostle
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Sister Carly Paula Arcella, a Daughter of St. Paul, speaks to Chris Donoghue about St. Paul the Apostle, a saint many of us know for his dramatic conversion. Sister Carly Paula was surrounded by Saint Paul for most of her life - going to a parish named for him - and then joining the Daughters of St. Paul. What really inspires Sister Carly though is St. Paul’s beautiful heart. #bostoncatholic #s...
Does believing in God make a difference? | St. Edith Stein
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Fr. Carlos Suarez, a priest in the Archdiocese of Boston, tells Chris Donoghue about St. Edith Stein (also known as St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), a convert who died during the holocaust. Fr. Carlos’s connection to her goes back to his days as a social worker, which is when he met the Carmelite sisters and learned about St. Edith Stein, who was a Carmelite herself! But what truly inspires ...
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