This creature totally appears to be one thing, when it is actually something else! Show your kids! Spiritual Nuggets for Family Discussion Open with a prayer. (i.e. a Glory Be, or Our Father, or Hail Mary, or ‘Jesus, Mary, Joseph, we love You! Save souls!’) What can this creature teach us about Christ’s real presence in the Eucharist? Some things can be very different than what they appear to be to our senses. God made the octopus to be able to change its shape, texture and color to appear to be something else. Science still has difficulty explaining how the octopus does this. If science ..read more

PROBLEM: Suicides, depression, and drug-overdose deaths tragically exceeded all previous levels in 2022.1 85% of Catholic kids openly abandon their faith by age 22!2 The average age a child makes the decision to reject faith in God is…age 13!3 The Root Cause? We’ve fallen for the lie that true happiness comes from anything other than knowing, loving and serving God in this life and being happy with Him forever in Heaven! We’ve lost sight of the family as the fertile sanctuary where intimacy with God and one another either takes root and grows strong… or withers and dies. PROMISING SOLUTI ..read more

If 85% of our kids were being drugged, kidnapped and murdered, parents would rise up to battle the Goliath that dared consume their offspring. Yet, spiritually, this slaughter is upon us! Today, 85% of Catholic children abandon their faith by age 22! The Church is bleeding out. Our Catholic Faith is the path to Heaven. It is the way to divine intimacy, freedom, and abundant life. If our children reject this life of grace, they become… prey… easily seduced by worldly pleasures, enslaved by passions, and then suffocated by sin. He who does not experience spiritual joy necessarily becomes add ..read more

6 minute read Fed up with our crooked and perverse generation? Me too. Distressed by the signs of our times: the corruption and immorality of some Catholic priests, government officials, big tech leaders, school boards, university administrators, business professionals, and medical personnel? How can we turn the tide when it is rising into a tsunami relentlessly pulverizing the Christian foundations of our culture? It’s time to mount up! The odds appear stacked against us. We may feel like little hobbits ill-equipped for battle. Yet, we are not alone, if we have the eyes to see! When Elisha’s ..read more

I didn’t sign up to screw up my kids. Fatherhood was going to be GREAT – adventures, hugs, and giving better than I got. 27 years, 10 kids, 6 months of couple’s counseling and 1 year of Catholic psychotherapy later, it’s the break of dawn before my eldest daughter’s college graduation and I’m a mess. I’m jogging and crying, hoping no one sees me. The weight of my failures as a father, failures I can only now see clearly, is crushing me. Sure, clarity has its advantages – I can change things going forward – but the devil is in the flashbacks. Moments where I misfired and wounded. I can’t go ba ..read more

PROBLEM Disorder in society is the result of disorder in the family. Unless parents prioritize intimacy with God and family, the home and society self-destruct. SOLUTION God gave us the 2 keys to survive and thrive: 1) Love Him with all our heart and 2) diligently teach our kids this love at home. -Deu 6 God promises joy, peace, and security, if we seek first His Kingdom. He warns that those who don’t will ‘surely perish.’ The Family Conquest program is a free, easy and impactful way to grow in intimacy with God and each other, at home. PROOF Statistically, whatever degree of purpose, me ..read more

“Unknown Caller” appeared on my phone. I knew it was either spam or Fr. McCarthy. Father wants to make sure people call the parish office, so he keeps his cell number private. Since it was the morning of Christmas Eve, I took a chance and answered. Father’s business-like voice launched into a request: “Would you and your sons be ushers for tonight’s 5:30pm Mass?” “Sure, how many do you need?” He replied that he had 3 already and needed 3 more, adding that the ushers got a pew reserved for their family. Now that was great news! With 9 of our kids home – plus a new son-in-law – we needed seatin ..read more

In this episode of the Strong Catholic Dad Podcast, Michael and John-Andrew discuss the effects of civil unrest on yourself and your children. The Strong Catholic Dad Podcast is available everywhere ..read more

Your husband needs your neediness for being cherished, your sensitivity, in order for him to grow more God-like. Your wife needs your neediness for encouragement and respect in order for her to grow more God-like. Only through humility can we be vulnerable about our deeper needs and then tenderly offer that precious gift to each other. Hear more on this Catholic Radio Indy special podcast for Father’s day: https://www.strongcatholicdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/FIA-06-13-22-B-OROURK.mp3 ..read more

What is Heaven saying right now to families and about families, even if the children are not still living at home? Click the picture to register for free ..read more