d Doctrinal Focus

Jesus gave us a New Commandment: "Love one another as I have loved you."

  • We have been made so that, through grace, we can become like Jesus.
  • The Commandments teach us to live as God intended. They teach us how to live good lives.

d General Articles

  • Getting to the Root of It All: Jesus' Family Tree | Edward P. Sri [Lay Witness Magazine, 1998]
    For most readers of the Bible, reading a genealogy is about as exciting as reading a telephone book. Yet this is exactly how the entire New Testament begins in chapter one of Matthew's Gospel.
  • The Family, The Heart of the Civilization of Love | Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo [Women for Faith & Family, 2003]
    Keynote Address of His Eminence Alfonso Cardinal Lopez Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family to the tenth annual conference of Women for Faith & Family on the International Year of the Family
  • Celebrating Advent and Christmas, A Sourcebook for Families | Women for Faith & Family [Women for Faith & Family, 1989]
    Pope John Paul II has repeatedly referred to the family as the "Domestic Church." In his exhortation on the family, "Familiaris Consortio," the Pope refers to the home as 'the little Church,' and speaks of the way families must make God presen
  • Family Advent Customs | Helen McLoughlin [The Liturgical Press St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota, 2003]
    Advent is the beginning of the new liturgical year. It is a season of spiritual preparation, marked by eager longing for the coming of the Saviour through grace at Christmas, and for His second and final coming. It is also an ideal time to esta
  • The Stations of the Cross and their Relation to Family Life | Joseph A. Breig [Henry Regnery Company, 1959]
    THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS AND THEIR RELATION TO FAMILY LIFE
  • Understanding the Sacred Heart Devotion | FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS [Arlington Catholic Herald, 1998]
    The Sacred Heart was a sign of the love of Jesus' for us
  • The Sacramentality of Marriage. Grace for Marriage and Family Life | Msgr. Peter Elliott [Published by permission of Msgr. Peter Elliott, 2001]
    Looks at the thelogical defence of marriage as one of the seven sacraments.
  • 1998-08-19: Creation Must Be Dwelling Place of Peace | Pope John Paul II [Vatican, 1998]
    The cosmos is created by God as the dwelling place of man and the theatre of his adventure of freedom.
  • Evangelization Through the Family: in Faith, Hope and Love | A deep article on the resurrection and the universe. [Msgr. Peter Elliott, 1999]
    Looking at the family as a means to propagate Catholic Teaching
  • Wit & Wonder | James V. Schall [James V. Schall, 2000]
    An Article on Fame and Envy.
  • For Our Home and Family | - [kwl.com.au, 0]
    A prayer for our Home and Family
  • Summaries of Christian Teaching | Rev. Geoffrey Jarrett, P.P. [Society of Saint Peter Canisius, 1988]
    An excerpt of Christian Teaching from For Mind and Memory Prayers, Teachings of Christ and Summaries of the faith arranged for learning by heart.

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