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The first nine weeks of our school year are all planned out, and we are about half way through completing them. This year we decided to...

Dear Noah, It has been two months since we lost you, and I think about you every day. My heart broke the moment your mother called me from the hospital to tell me you had passed. It is so hard to put into words how devastated I am. It breaks my heart that I will never have the opportunity to care for you or to see you grow up. Even though you are physically no longer with us, your presence is felt in our hearts daily. You’re my beautiful son, and you’ll always be a part of me

My children all like to leave me coloring pictures and notes on my nightstand. I don’t like to see piles of anything stacked up in the house, but the pile of coloring pictures and notes from them is off limits from 'dad purging'. My wife and I receive all sorts of treasures on our night stands from our kiddos. We receive coloring pages, origami figures, handmade comic books, "I love you" notes and even Lego structures. My oldest has gotten creative with leaving his artwork in

When we first decided to homeschool we had a surge of energy to create a fun learning environment for our children. We used this energy to prepare by reviewing the lesson plans and the books that came with the curriculum we purchased. We made a schedule that included specific days in the week where the kids would do art, music and physical education. We enjoyed gathering materials and supplies we thought would be useful and fun for the kids. We quickly established a full supp

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God in the Catholic Church. Rightly so, the second reading and the Gospel reading are devoted to Mary. Today's first reading is easy to skip over, however, breezing past it might result in a missed opportunity to ask for God's blessing on our families and our children as we begin the New Year. The first reading comes to us from The Book of Numbers. It gets its name from the two census taken before the

Since this is my first personal post, I’ll start with some introduction. My wife and I were married in 2010 and we currently have four children. After we were married, we lived in Connecticut. I started a new job at Fairfield University as a Residence Hall Director and waited for an opportunity to use my degree in Pastoral Ministry in a position with campus ministry. Within a couple of years I made the transition to campus ministry. While I was directing retreats, I complete