Commentary Picture your favorite place to sit. A cozy recliner near the TV, a reading spot on your couch or your usual chair at the kitchen table. Remember how your body sinks into that space without a second thought. After a long day, there’s nothing better than settling in where we feel most at home. […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Kids need love, support of many
Commentary I was sitting at work, eating my lunch alone, when I overheard a line from the next table: “Kids need lots of people who love them.” At the time I was still far from parenthood, working at Catholic Charities as an intern for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development while I was in graduate […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Though love seems absent, it is still near
Commentary One year ago, on the feast of the Ascension, we attended Mass in a hotel basement One of our older kids was in a weekend tournament, and a priest from one of the Catholic school teams offered to say Mass for anyone who wanted to attend. So we trooped downstairs to a large conference […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Loved ones must help least among them
Commentary Ask any parent who launched their child only to have them return home, or encouraged them through rehab only to watch them relapse. Ask any adult child who has welcomed their parent into their home as aging, illness or disability demands. Ask couples who have blended families after divorce or death of a spouse. […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Try ‘liturgical living’ at any age, any time
Commentary Over the past 15 years, I’ve witnessed the rise of “liturgical living” in Catholic circles. Websites, social media, books, home decor and subscription boxes abound to help families celebrate the church year at home — with party supplies and recipes for every feast day under the sun. But liturgical living is for adults, too. […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: The mystery, wonder of ‘becoming man’
Commentary Every week my sons stand in the pew at Mass. Like stairsteps, all five in a row by age and height. Or like a motley crew, mixed together by shapes and sizes. Five boys in the midst of becoming men. They are the reason why the short line tucked within the Nicene Creed catches […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: God calls us to sway with life’s changes
Commentary Watch what parents do when they pick up a baby. Whether a swaddled newborn, a smiling infant or a squirmy toddler, parents start to sway when they hold their child. Swaying is our primal rhythm, the instinct to move in order to calm and comfort. Slow, steady rocking can soothe a baby, relax their […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Let it be done to me!
COMMENTARY What if the best thing for us to do during Advent is not more, but less? When faced with the coming of Christ — in the most visceral way any human could experience another’s arrival, as a mother welcoming new life — Mary did not say “Let me do it!” or “Let me […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: My life is changed, not ended
FAITH AT HOME I found the lump at the end of Lent. My husband was out of town, and I was swamped with work and caring for our five kids. Never one to do a regular self-check (more likely to resolve to “do it next month”), I can’t remember exactly how or when I […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Praying at home, to the God of home
FAITH AT HOME Remember when we said we’d never take the Eucharist for granted again? When we had to watch Mass online or from cars in the church parking lot? When every part of parish life — from faith formation classes to Bible studies to doughnuts on Sundays — changed overnight? Three years ago, the […]
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