Array of Hope delivers an opportunity for Catholic families to encounter Jesus Christ through faith, worship and witness  ATLANTA, GA (May 28, 2013) – In November of 2012, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released its strategic plan for 2013-2016 titled “The New Evangelization/Journey With Christ: Faith-Worship-Witness.” In it, the …

Pro-choice people sometimes complain to pro-lifers, “Why don’t you stop telling people what to do and actually help them?”  Actually, there are a lot of pro-life organizations that extend a helping hand to women in crisis pregnancies.  Good Counsel Homes is one of them.  My husband and I attended their annual From the Heart …

One of the perks of running a Catholic family business, attending Catholic conferences and running the Catholic Bloggers Network website, is finding new and exciting initiatives: other enthused Catholics creating awesome Catholic products!  I am so excited to shout out about these awesome Catholic Survival Kits! These Catholic Survival Kits …

As I sat among professionals – priests, deacons, and others in parish leadership positions – I could’ve easily felt out of place.  Yet while attending my diocese’s Leadership in Christ Conference, I learned I’m on the right track. I felt affirmed that perhaps I could continue with more confidence to …

Editor’s note: Today, we welcome new contributor Stuart Dunn to CatholicMom.com. Please be sure to visit Stuart’s blog at Stuart’s Study. LMH Hello, my name is Stuart Dunn. For those of you who don’t know me, I am a husband, a father, a convert, and a bibliophile. I currently run …

As the bible verse says at Matthew 6:19-21 (Good News Translation), “Do not store up riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal. Instead, store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in …

Editor’s note: Today, we welcome Will Duquette to CatholicMom.com. Find Will’s blog at The View from the Foothills to enjoy more of his writing. LMH I was raised Catholic, and then I spent twenty years as an Episcopalian, for reasons that seemed good to me at the time. Episcopal congregations …

Use a Ziplock bag, visit a shrine, make it to Mass, bring an altar with you.  Here are some tips to make your travels go more smoothly, but also more meaningful: https://smartmartha.sharepoint.com/Pages/VacationTips.aspx Here is our vacation altar we placed at our cabin we stayed at last summer:     It …

We are experiencing regular storms here in New Mexico. But there is no water in the storms. Instead, dust rains down on us every day. It began a few weeks ago. I was driving along the highway when a large dark cloud seemed to rise up from the ground, rather …

God, please let the swelling in my feet die down so I can wear those cute shoes to the wedding. God, please help me find a parking spot near the cart corral. God, please let the elephants be out at the zoo today so my toddler doesn’t throw a fit. …

Scripture: II Corinthians 1:18-22. Psalm 119: 129.130.131.132.133.135. Matthew 5:13-16: Paul’s dramatic call and conversion not only makes him the apostle to the nations, it also blesses him with the gift of inspired writings to the churches, and the gift of profound Christ-centered prayer.  We have repeated and recalled his motivation and way …

Scripture: II Corinthians 1:1-7;  Psalm 34:2-3,4-5,6-7,8-9.  Matthew 5:1-12: Today’s Scriptures USCCB Video Reflection Saints of the Day In this tenth week after Pentecost (as given in the flexible liturgical cycle) we begin with new readings from II Corinthians and the Gospel of Matthew.  We leave the wisdom readings of Tobit …

WASHINGTON—A new booklet on “The Blessing of the Child in the Womb” co-authored by the vice president and associate general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is now available from Our Sunday Visitor Publishing. “The Gift of Joy,” by Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, and Msgr. …

When I received the call that he had passed away my heart was breaking for her. As a wife and a mom my thoughts and tears were tied up in these thoughts: she did not know it would be their last week together. Yes, he had cancer and was very …

Mark Hart discusses the scriptures for Sunday’s Mass and helps us to celebrate the liturgy of the word.

Scripture: Lectionary 091. 10th Sunday Ord. C.  I Kings 17:17-24. Psalm 30:2.4.5-6.11.12.13. Galatians 1:11-19. Luke 7:11-17: Today’s Scriptures USCCB Video Reflection Saints of the Day The living word of God brings life even to those who have died.  In the Gospel as well as in the first reading from I Kings we see the effects …

This week: In this segment Matt shares his thoughts on buying a new home. Matt Weber is the new and social media officer at Harvard University and in his spare time produces segments for CatholicTV that have appeared on This is the Day, Blink, our Telethon and now every week on the CatholicTV Network’s …

The Eucharist is a meal. It’s the Lord’s Supper, as well as a holy sacrifice. It has to be both. Christ becomes present so that we can not only see him under the appearances of bread and wine but also receive him into ourselves. Very tangibly, he becomes our food. …

We women who live in the US and Europe are probably unaware of just how good we have it.  We may complain about housework, laundry, toilets, cooking, either as a stay-at-home wife or a career woman who does it all.  But regardless of how stressed and tired we may be, …

You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house. Matthew 5:15-15 Every Christian home …