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…
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I Never Connected With the Rosary… Until I Became a Mother
If you asked me just a few short years ago how I liked to pray, I would name everything from a holy hour in Eucharistic adoration…
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,…
The Bedtime Routine: Finding God in Our Daily Rituals
It starts with the bath. Constant reminders are needed that we keep the water in the bathtub or we have to get out. Apparently this…
Learning to Embrace Leisure: A Father’s Perspective
The words “parenting” and “relaxing” never fit together naturally for me as a father. And with all of the pressures weighing on me right now…
These Moms Really Are Saints: Five Holy Women to Guide Your Family
Have you ever heard someone say, “my mother was a saint”? For the children of these five holy women, the Catholic Church would agree! Saints…
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…
Why I Don’t Pray for My Husband’s Conversion
As a practicing Catholic married to a lapsed Catholic, lots of well-meaning Catholic friends say, “I’ll pray for your husband’s conversion!” Of course I appreciate…
“Habemus Papam!” How Our Community Experienced the Announcement of the New Pope
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…
