Marriage & Family Archives - Ave Maria Radio

Proof the sacrifice for our family is worth it

May 21, 2024

As parents we might sometimes feel overwhelmed with what it takes to raise our children. On occasions we could want to throw in the towel and give it all up. However, a recent personal event reminded me why it’s all so worth it in the

Students with Down Syndrome belong in our Catholic schools

March 21, 2024

If you ask the fifth-graders at St. Mary’s School, they’ll tell you that the luckiest kid in their class is the boy who sits next to my daughter Pia. When I first heard that, I was surprised. At home, Pia rarely sits still for long.

In Resounding Rebuke to Progressives, Irish Voters Reject Constitutional Overhaul of Motherhood and Family

March 11, 2024

DUBLIN — “The best possible present ahead of Mother’s Day.” That’s how pro-family campaigner David Quinn described the March 8 defeat of two referendums in Ireland that would have broadened the definition of the family and deleted the mention of mothers from Ireland’s 1937 Constitution.

Irish government: Voters keep motherhood, traditional family in constitution

March 9, 2024

Voters in Ireland appear to have voted to preserve the country’s constitutional recognition of the central role of the traditional family founded on marriage as well as the societal value of women within the home, rejecting a pair of referendums held March 8, pro-referendum government leaders

Why You Should Get Married

February 16, 2024

Isn’t marriage a trap, mostly for men? Don’t most married couples end up getting divorced? And aren’t most men happier when they’re single? These are the kind of questions I get from young men whenever I make the case for marriage at speaking events at

Married, churchgoing couples among the happiest, data says

February 13, 2024

Men and women who are married and who attend church regularly are among the happiest couples, according to data compiled by a prominent sociological professor. Brad Wilcox, a professor of sociology at the University of Virginia as well as the director of the school’s National

Karen McClelland’s tips for helping your kids grow this Lent

February 13, 2024

1) Grapevine wreath (our family has done this for years; it's similar to adding hay to a manger during the Advent season; For Easter morning, we swap out the crown of thorns for a crown/wreath filled with (silk) dogwood blossoms and share the legend of the

Raising Catholic kids: New study suggests what successful parents have in common

February 12, 2024

At or near the top of almost any Catholic parent’s list of things they want for their children is for them to continue practicing their Catholic faith into adulthood. But recent statistics paint a sobering picture: In the United States today, only about 15% of

A powerful way to prepare for Sunday’s feast of the Holy Family

December 28, 2023

Look, we get it. In the post-Christmas haze of travel, exhaustion, hosting, and gift-giving, it’s so easy to let the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (December 31) slip by almost unnoticed. At least it was for us, especially in our first

Did the pope just permit gay marriage?

December 18, 2023

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on Monday published Fiducia supplicans, a declaration which creates a framework for blessing same-sex couples. While the text insists those blessings are not to be liturgical events, or resemble marriage, headlines around the world have framed the text as the beginning of a