Please pardon my absence from the blog for the past few months, but we here at Fix the Family practice what we teach. I have a highly seasonal occupation that “taxes” my time the first 4 months of the year as well as the end of every year, and my family is totally dependent upon my occupation for its sustenance so that my wife can tend to the higher matters of being a wife and mother in the home and is not distracted by outside employment. Nevertheless, I am back. Incidentally, this also comes at a time when my first book will be soon published and available to you, and that has occupied a great deal of my time with the Apostolate as well, in addition to the normal duties of being a husband and father for my wife and children. Be sure to also LIKE our Facebook page and follow us there. This is our principal marketing and outreach vehicle, and we are always posting and sharing relevant content there even during my busy seasonal time. All is well at the Citadel I am happy to report, and …More

During Mass this past Sunday, the Priest explained in his homily the required elements of a Catholic Church building. Every Catholic Church must have a pulpit, a confessional, and an altar. He went on to apply these elements to the domestic church we should each have in our homes. I thought this would be a good theme for a reflection in applying his instruction in our homes.
The Pulpit – The pulpit in our homes would include all of the Holy books and instructional material available for our families to read and study, principally the Holy Bible as well as catechisms, volumes on the lives of the saints, religious classics, prayer books, and other authoritative documents.
It is a joy for me as a father to share the Catholic Faith with my family and to pass it on to my children. The richness of our Faith is the true Heritage that we give to them that transcends any ethnicity or nationality. In our family, we have gradually accumulated many great Works for study and learning of our entire …More

As mentioned last time, Missy and I are celebrating 25 years of marriage this year. I wanted to put down some key things that have worked for us for those who might be interested. Some of these are requirements based on Church teachings. Others for us were just non-negotiables that we haven’t parted from in order to make our marriage the best it can be and thereby benefit our children. But nevertheless as the Scriptures say in the end there is only love. On that note, many have neglected their marriages while raising a family and come to find that they are living with a stranger once the children are grown and gone. Children are a natural fruit of marriage, but the spouses share a Sacrament with each other which is more binding and lasting than the blood relation with their own children. This is the fundamental point that must be remembered.
And now for our 12 Marriage Non-Negotiables:www.fixthefamily.com/blog/our-12-marriage…

Many Catholics of today have fallen into the trap of feminism, and don’t even realize it justifying the decisions they make for themselves under the guise of not being “sinful” even if done to the detriment of their families. I’m speaking mainly here in the area of working mothers and wives. As Catholics, we do not take our marching orders from the feminist-dominated and feminist-indulgent society around us, but from the Catholic philosophy granted to us.
So let’s look at Church teaching with respect to women. First from Pope Pius XI’s Casti Connubii (12/31/1930): “11. Thus amongst the blessings of marriage, the child holds the first place. And indeed the Creator of the human race Himself, Who in His goodness wishes to use men as His helpers in the propagation of life, taught this when, instituting marriage in Paradise, He said to our first parents, and through them to all future spouses: "Increase and multiply, and fill the earth." As St. Augustine admirably deduces from the words of …More