To celebrate the launch of her new book, A Catholic Mother’s Companion to Pregnancy: Walking with Mary from Conception to Baptism, Sarah Reinhard invites us to pray the rosary together. The Practicing Catholic is the eighth stop on her Rosary Blog tour. Today, Sarah shares a reflection on the Wedding Feast at Cana.
A few things worthy of a First Friday shout-out — 1 — You want hits? Archbold delivers hits. Matthew Archbold gave us a shout-out over at the National Catholic Register a couple weeks back, and the day he linked to us resulted in twice the number of hits we had received on our previous best … [Read more…]
As human beings most of us seem obsessed with success, purpose, achievement. In my mind’s eye I imagine we resemble busy little ants scurrying here and there, carrying our great loads hoisted above our heads, and traveling the same repeated paths day in and day out at a frantic pace. How very busy we are … [Read more…]
One Husband’s Perspective on Natural Family Planning Today we are pleased to welcome friend and fellow parishioner Kerry McGuire to The Practicing Catholic. Kerry’s wife Renee wrote two posts for us this past July (Part I & Part II) in conjunction with Natural Family Planning Awareness Week. As Respect Life Month comes to a close, we are honored to share Kerry’s perspective to … [Read more…]