Daily Archives: 19 December 2016

When Sunday and Christmas Collide

I think I can guess that nobody is keeping their Sunday schedule for Christmas. Unless your parish only gets a Saturday Mass. It’s a given that Big Christmas for Catholics has shifted from midnight to the earliest Eve Mass. Why lament … Continue reading

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Amoris Laetitia 261: On Helicopter Parenting

We have concern for children, even children who are not our own. But it is fruitless to think we can protect them in totality. Pope Francis speaks on the phenomenon some of us have nicknamed “helicopter parenting.” 261. Obsession, however, … Continue reading

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