May I Recommend...

I highly encourage you to read the following series of articles published in Commonweal Magazine on Raising Kids Catholic.  Lots of great, practical advice for all of us trying to raise kids who stay Catholic!

Symposium: Raising Catholic Kids

The Challenge of Rooting Family in Faith

What are Catholic parents doing to raise their childrenCatholic, and what are some of the issues they're facing? Commonweal askedseven parents to contribute their reflections and recollections in this specialseries on rooting family in faith. From helping children discern theirvocations to finding grace in small moments, from worrying about the churchtheir children will inherit to learning humility through parental failure, ourcontributors recall the challenges they encountered, as well as what theyachieved, in their efforts to give their children roots in the Catholictradition.