A group of young girls I know of is knitting and crocheting crafts, scarves and sweaters to sell in order to fund high school students who are planning missionary work in South America. Their group is called “Crafts for…

Mary Anne Moresco - who has written 40 posts on Catholic Exchange.
Posted on 18 November 2009
A group of young girls I know of is knitting and crocheting crafts, scarves and sweaters to sell in order to fund high school students who are planning missionary work in South America. Their group is called “Crafts for…
Posted on 14 August 2009
When parents pull their children from public schools, in order to homeschool them, they are sending a message to authorities. The message is this: “Our family is so unhappy with the job you are doing with our child (our most…
Posted on 27 July 2009
Parents are responsible for the spiritual, emotional, physical and social growth of children. It is the responsibility and right of parents to educate their children, most especially in the faith. This right to educate our children is a God-given, intrinsic…
Posted on 15 May 2009
The older I get the more aware I become of the blessings I have failed to count. One of these blessings is having been raised in a time when the name you gave to something had a certain degree of…
Posted on 04 May 2009
Her eyes open before the alarm clock sounds. Green fluorescent numbers shout through the darkness of night that it is 4:30 a.m. Sounds of pelting rain on the roof fill the room. The house is cool but it is…
Posted on 08 January 2009
Father had launched into a holy rant. Mid-way through his homily, he startled us so we bolted upright in the pews. “You parents,” he said, as if by rattling our brains he could jump-start our consciences, “do not know evil…
Posted on 26 November 2008
“A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to… receive the Body of the Lord without previous sacramental confession…” (Canon Law 916)
A lot of Canon law defies my comprehension; it dizzies my head and makes me put…
Posted on 15 November 2008
“A recent craze associated with so-called active participation promotes the idea that there must be dance at a solemn Mass,” writes Francis Cardinal Arinze, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, in his book Celebrating…
Posted on 12 November 2008
Trixie was the quintessential gerbil. She acted like a mouse in a Cinderella story book. “Don’t stick your fingers near the air holes of the box” the pet store manager cautioned our daughter after we purchased Trixie for her. “She…
Posted on 03 November 2008
There’s a little gift from the Lord for each of us. So many of us have taken this particular gift, kept it neatly wrapped and stuck it high up on a shelf. We don’t want to even peek inside and…