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The Family Enrichment Course – 2011

THE FAMILY COURSE As the year has entered its final quarter, I find it apt to share some of my feedback on a Family Enrichment Course that I have been involved in co-ordinating since the start of 2011. The Family Course, run by the Caribbean Institute for Family Development (www.cifdtt.org) affiliated to the International Federation […]

Character Building

Character is simply the integration, into one personality, of several fundamental strengths of mind and will that characterise maturity. Character hinges on the acquisition of fundamental habits, traditionally called virtues.

Father, the Family Protector

In Father, The Family Protector, Educator James Stenson explores how fathers exercise their powerful and particularly masculine contribution to family life. His research comes from more than twenty years of working with families in Washington and Chicago.

Saint Gianna

Blessed Gianna (1922-1962) is a contemporary of many, many people; maybe even of yourself and/ or your parents. Gianna Beretta was a vibrant young woman who loved to ski and hike the mountains of her native Northern Italy. She was devoted to Catholic Action most of her short life.

Husband and wife are among the blessed in heaven

On Sunday 21 October, 2001, the Holy Father beatified Luigi (1880 – 1951) and Maria (1884 – 1965) Beltrame Quattrocchi of Rome, the first husband and wife in modern history to be beatified. The new blesseds, who had four children, were married for 50 years. Maria was a teacher and writer on educational topics, and […]