Religious/Personal

How Two Families Answer the Call to Responsible Parenthood

Sometimes meeting other, larger families changes a couple's mind about things.

(Mar. 29, 2010) The Gardiners are a military family that has moved every year or two for most of their marriage. They had three children in three and a half years, and both Scott and Renee felt their family was complete.

“Large families are not accepted by society in general and military housing typically is not large,” Renee said. Read More…

Prudence and Generosity — the Call of Responsible Parenthood

(Mar. 26, 2010) Most couples give little thought to how many children they plan to have. Their thoughts seem to sink into unwritten cultural rules that equate this decision with determining where they want to live, or what kind of car they want. Read More…

An Unexpected Way to Being Open to Life

The Drees adopted a boy from an African country.

(Mar. 10, 2010) When Mike and Jennifer Drees got married, they never dreamed they would adopt a child from the other side of the world.

The Drees, married in 1995, learned Natural Family Planning (NFP) from a class offered by their diocese, and had three children of their own. Being open to life was very important to them. At the NFP class, their teachers were “terrific,” and the encouragement they received to breastfeed led to this practice for all of their children. Read More…