We often hear from readers who worry about how to pass the Catholic faith on to their children. This week’s episode of Jesuitical takes this question and looks at it in reverse.

Prohibiting homeschooling parents from using parish facilities can make it more difficult for them to provide a comprehensive Catholic education.

As both father and priest, what worries me most is the spiritual damage I see done to our children as they are scheduled away from both the dinner table and the altar.

We are not only the family of God because of an act of love but, because he was born as one of us, we are now also biologically like God. We are genetically related to him because he became one of us.

If foster care works as it is designed to, that sacrifice will lead to goodbyes. The tension can be brutal. It’s also profoundly Christlike.

We need to remember that even in the middle of dealing with whatever big thing is happening now: We are alive.