Thankful Hearts: Gratitude As the Gift We Can Give Back to God
A fellow teacher at the high school where I work gave a reflection on a retreat last year that transformed my view of “giving thanks.”…
Family Life
In My 40s, I’m Contemplating the Meaning of Godly Aging
For most of my life, I was the youngest person in a room. I graduated high school and went to college at 17, got married…
What to Pack for a Natural Disaster, According to a 6-Year-Old
Parents are practically required to be good packers. One quickly learns the ramifications of being ill-prepared. A shortage of diapers or wipes, or a lack…
Seeking Heavenly Help: 4 Saints to Turn to When Facing Infertility
All my life, I have heard the story of my parents’ fervent prayers to St. Gerard because they could not have a child. When they…
How Pope John Paul II Saved My Sundays
When I was growing up, Sunday was my least favorite day of the week for one single reason: it meant the weekend was over. Sunday…
Finding God in the School Year Rush: A Back-to-School Family Examen
This past summer, my family found ourselves in that familiar late-May whirlwind. My husband and I are both educators, and that whirlwind included final grades,…
A Jubilee Summer: How to Bring God on Vacation
St. John Paul II said that tourism “enables people to use part of their free time to contemplate the goodness and beauty of God in…
What St. Barnabas, My Parish Saint, Taught Me About My Faith
When I was growing up, my parents took my three brothers and I to Mass at St. Barnabas every single Sunday. We rose early and…
Reimagining Classic Prayers for Modern Parents
“Ever ancient, ever new” is a phrase St. Augustine used to describe God in his spiritual autobiography Confessions, and it’s a description that comes to…
“Habemus Papam!” How Our Community Experienced the Announcement of the New Pope, Part Two
Here at Busted Halo our motto is “faith shared joyfully,” and the announcement of Chicago-born Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV has been one of…
