I’ve heard it said that daughters carry their fathers with them even when they aren’t around. Today is the anniversary of my father’s death, so that phrase is on my mind today, a phrase that certainly rings true for me. I probably carry Dad in my heart even more today, five years later. September 30, … [Read more…]
Dr. Meg Meeker says, “Dads: You are your daughter’s first love.” That’s certainly true for a five-year-old girl hanging around these parts. My daughter Lucy and I were making homemade cards for Father’s Day last week, and I asked her to tell me ten things she loved about her daddy. Here is what she said. 1. … [Read more…]
Today, Time Magazine named Pope Francis their 2013 Person of the Year.
Also today, the little inhabitants of Das Schmidt Haus name their daddy the 2013 Man of the Year.
Upon its release in more than 1,000 theaters last September, Courageous opened as the top new movie. The film is about a group of men facing a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood. While consistently giving their best in their careers, “good enough” seems to be all they can muster as … [Read more…]
© 2011 The Maximus Group Fathers for Good, a Knights of Columbus online initiative for Catholic fathers, will be hosting a novena to St. Joseph on its website in association with the new Sherwood Pictures release on fatherhood, Courageous. The story of Courageous follows the lives of four police officers who are aces in their profession … [Read more…]