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For those of us trying to raise our kids to love and serve Jesus Christ, the Christmas season can become (rightly or wrongly) a type of litmus test to see how we are doing. I recently took a minute to ask my 6 year-old daughter some essential Christmas questions to check my own parenting progress. [Read more]

Did you know we have a diocesan e-newsletter that goes out every other Monday morning? Did you know it is the best way to keep up to date on the latest events going on in the diocese? Did you know it underwent a fancy redesign this year? Check out today's issue of NewsNotes here and hit subscribe to start receiving the newsletter!

As 2016 draws to a close, we are looking back on some of the big moments that happened in our diocese this year. One such moment was the Annual Respect Life Conference and the presentation of the 2016 Respect Life Award to Valerie Schumm, the director of the Alpha Center. Here are her thoughts upon receiving the award. [Read more]

I hate to admit it to myself, but I’m a glass half empty kind of person. But that’s not who we’re made to be. At the beginning of Advent 1986, Pope Saint John Paul II famously said that “We are the Easter people and alleluia is our song!” If we are truly made to be the Easter people, then we must welcome true joy into every facet of our lives. [Read more]

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen pro-life, pro-marriage Rep. Tom Price, R-GA, to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services.

There are so many things we could do and so many different ways we could grow in these virtues during these four weeks, but I realized that if I wanted to be successful, I needed to keep it simple. So here are a few things I learned in planning my own Advent journey. [Read more]

With the busy-ness of the Christmas season, it can be difficult to find ways to truly enter into the season of Advent. Check out our diocesan advent calendar for ideas on how to make the most of this Advent. [Read more]