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“Even the best parishes can become even better when parishioners take an active interest in making the parish grow and prosper.”

In my work as a Catholic writer, my favorite question is my closer: “What do you know for sure?”

One of the Families First Projects’ foundational goals is to create an appropriate “policy ecosystem” that supports the creation of stable families and helps them flourish by making it easier to get married, stay married, have kids, raise kids in economically stable environments, and care for extended family.

“Rachel publicly forgave her son’s killers before his body had even been found. And it’s that act of forgiveness that has gone on to change life after life in the 20 years since.”

Henri Nouwen “speaks of the human brokenness of the church, which presents the broken body of Christ to the world. Human promises are broken; God’s promise ‘stands unshaken.'”

“That’s where every human being lives: doubt in tension with faith, despair in tension with hope, hardness in tension with charity.”

“The first week of the session has been filled with opportunities for all people of goodwill to together enact policies that promote a consistent ethic of life and put families first.”

“The ‘mighty oak’ that thrives in inhospitable conditions and yet prospers has a way to protect new growth and find nourishment from what is thought useless. Our faith tells us much the same.”