By Erin Waters It hit me. It hit me that I can no longer drive to our parish and go to adoration whenever I want. I can’t go to daily mass when I want. I won’t see my friends. I can’t take my kids to school, the park, the zoo, or activities. I can only […]

By Ali Lomshek Seeing “Macro” in a Time of Quarantine I was gifted a macro lens for Christmas. I’d been pining for a way, through imagery, to get even closer to some of (in my opinion) the most interesting photography subjects.  These subjects are not necessarily people (although I love photographing people!), but things-small things! […]

By Sarah Streitwieser The Mess There is a story behind the mess, a tale that has become a fixture in the mixture of fact and folklore that makes up our family history.  I’ll let you imagine the details, but the story involves our curious and mechanically minded 7-year-old, a siphon, and an ill-fated fish.  Ten […]

By Melissa Hanks In talking to my friends about the beautiful gift of adoration this past weekend, one mentioned the tears of holy longing that filled her car as Fr. Viet passed by with the monstrance containing our Blessed Sacrament. I have really dwelt on this since reading those words. How fitting that we celebrated […]

By Erin Simmons I never thought this day would come. The day I sat and watched my beloved church and the Mass from a screen in my sitting room. The sitting room we have now converted into a chapel somehow falls short in all the ways that matter during these times of uncertainty. I watch […]

By Corey Grace “I do not like this here or there. I do not like this anywhere.” These words written by the infamous, poetic, and distinguished author… Dr. Suess (This should give you a clue about the books I’ve been reading lately — thank-you homeschooling! ) have been on constant repeat in my mind for […]

By Mandy Menghini My oldest, at the time, was about to enter Kindergarten when I first heard about Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. I knew I wanted to be a part of the program. I jumped immediately into training and spent several Saturdays away from my first three then-small children to begin training to be […]

By Sarah Streitwieser Ascension Family Life offers you a top-12 list of possible tips that might help your family better participate in virtual Mass. As always, try the ideas that you think might work for your family and disregard the rest. Afterall, family faith is not a 1-size-fits-all reality! Try to have fun with these […]

By Marissa Brown “Each man in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ” — St. Pope John Paul II In two and a half weeks, I believe I have experienced the gamut  of human emotion. My tears have fallen heavy upon the floor as I knelt in my living […]