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Intimate conversations: How to talk to your kids about sex

U.S. Catholic — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:15:00 -0800

Tami Hollendonner remembers the extent of her sex education as a Catholic teen in the 1970s. "My mom and dad never told me about the birds and the bees. There was no talk about birth control or why not to have sex," says the 42-year-old mother of two from Darien, Illinois. "The message was that you didn't do it. It was pounded into you-God said you didn't do it, so you didn't."

Only you? Shattering the myth of a soul mate

U.S. Catholic — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:15:00 -0700

Recently my friend Angela called me in tears. Angela, 31, and her husband have been married for three years, and they are very well-suited: They can spend hours talking and laughing, are attracted to each other, get along with each other's friends and families, and agree on faith, politics, and financial matters. But recently, she told me, the "glow" had worn off. They were busy with their careers, and in moments of exhaustion each said some hurtful things to the other.

Bless me, mother

goodwink — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:15:00 -0800

In a special bedtime ritual, this mother does more than just lay her children down to sleep.
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New year, new you

goodwink — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:03:07 -0800

Stretch your soul in ten minutes a day
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Standing room only

goodwink — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:15:00 -0800

When admittance to the nativity scene is free and open to the public, Bethlehem can get a little crowded—but the crèche is enriched because of it.
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Away from the manger

goodwink — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:15:00 -0800

As pieces of Teresa’s nativity set traverse afar, her niece catches unexpected glimpses of the Incarnation
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Do this in memory

goodwink — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:06:03 -0800

Gathering and displaying reminders of lost loved ones can connect us to our own personal communion of saints.
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Six ways to be a conscientious Catholic consumer

U.S. Catholic — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:15:00 -0800

Tom Beaudoin looks at our "branded" economy and says it's time to integrate who we are with what we buy.

Love is patient

U.S. Catholic — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:15:00 -0800

When I bought her the valentine, she smiled, but I knew the card was more for me than her. She didn't really know what it said. I read the message aloud, and she smiled again. I had to be satisfied with that.

A reading from the prophet Bonnie

goodwink — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:15:00 -0800