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New Years Resolutions

Physical and Spiritual Fitness, finding the right balance in your [...]

Tim Staples and the Catholic Conference

Tim Staples and a younger version of me back in 2002 at the Fullness of Truth Conference in Houston, TX

Have you ever been to a Catholic Conference?  If you are Catholic or just curious about the Catholic faith, or have no faith at all you should find one and attend as soon as possible.  [...]

On the Eve of Halloween

We celebrate Halloween in our home, which I know is something that we Catholics and indeed all Christians may be struggling with in their own homes.  We celebrate this day for a few reasons.  One is that my mother (God rest her soul) was born on this date in 1945, and she would come up [...]

Priorities

Well I am sure you have noticed, or maybe forgot that I actually had a blog, that I haven’t blogged in quite a while. In fact it has been about a month since my last blog entry.

In this return to blogging entry, I wish to share with you my thoughts on priorities. First [...]

Innaugural Show of 11 to Heaven

Announcing the first episode of our new family show, 11 to Heaven, will premiere this evening at around 8:30pm.  We had originally hoped to air it live at 7:30pm CDT (which was about 11 minutes ago), but life got in the way.

As Catholic parents, my wife and I have a goal, to get our whole [...]

Facebook, Twitter, Blogs – social networking

I am attending a Catholic new media conference in San Antonio today.  I found the title of this conference a little odd to me, but after attending this conference I have a much better idea of what it is all about.  As most of us are aware, the world of communication and media has changed [...]

Joseph Anthony’s Baptism

Our new little one was baptized this past Saturday.  We had about 80 family and friends celebrate this joyous event with us, the kids outnumbered the adults.  It was a beautiful ceremony and it was great to visit with everyone.  I have included an collection of photos taken by our good friend Christine Mesich.  Thanks [...]

TV, Internet and Video Games; Contraception?

It appears that filling our lives with all things electronic reduces pregnancies.  I read this very interesting article in the Houston Chronicle:

A Baby Boom Thanks to Ike

It talks about the baby boom that is happening now, 9 months after Hurricane Ike.

Having a large family myself (9 kids), I find it fairly interesting that when there [...]

Plenary Indulgence for the Year of Priests

PLENARY INDULGENCE FOR THE YEAR OF PRIESTS
If you don’t know what an indulgence is, or you think that they were done away with in the Middle Ages, read this great article which does a pretty good job of explaining them.

VATICAN CITY, 12 MAY 2009 (VIS) – According to a decree made public today and signed [...]

ConQuest Father/Son Campout – video included

My sons and I recently attended a Father/Son Campout sponsored by the ConQuest Catholic boys club.  This was out 3rd time to attend and once again we had a fantastic weekend of sports and faith formation.

We also attend the weekly ConQuest meetings that take place at St. Williams in Round Rock, TX (http://www.conquestrr.org).  There were [...]