When my boyfriend asked me to be his wife, I almost instantly said yes! It wasn’t one of those fairy tale proposals - it was cold and raining and he left me outside while he gathered his ENTIRE family. As most girls would be when they’d found ‘the one’, I was over the moon! I was excited! But I was also very anxious… after all, my boyfriend is not a Catholic.
Up until recently, homeschooling was a niche choice, but with the closure of schools, it's suddenly become mainstream. Homeschooling is not without its challenges, though, as many parents will undoubtedly have already found out. One Catholic mum who has already been homeschooling for several years shares her advice on dealing with those challenges and making sure children remember this time for the right reasons.
Millions of people across the world are now confined to the four walls of their home with their family or flatmates. Isolating with different people for months at a time, people with different personalities or backgrounds, introverts vs extroverts, can become quite tough. Here a Dominican sister shares some tips on how to live peacefully together in community.
Thanks to the Coronavirus lockdown, all of a sudden the family home has become a school, an office, a playground, a cafe, a gym, a pub, a church, the only place where social distancing does not apply. Everyone is in the same space 24/7 stepping on each other’s toes. So how can families not just survive this time together but fully enjoy it?
If you're unable to get to Mass this Holy Week and Easter, or if you're missing the traditional customs that we can't have during the pandemic, here are some tips on how to enter into the spirit of the week from home.
At the threat of disease, we have abandoned everything. We are on lockdown. Is this how we react to the threat of spiritual sickness? Now is a time to take advantage of the lockdown by pursuing spiritual health. The doors of our churches may be closed, but Jesus still lives inside you. Will you seek him out?
