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NOLA Catholic Parenting blogger/columnist Charla Misse ponders the meaning of "communion of saints" in the Apostles' Creed.

NOLA Catholic Parenting blogger/columnist Lisa Janussa has no regrets about husband's recent leap of faith.

NOLA Catholic Parenting blogger/columnist Jerussa Levy feels blessed to have her adult sons living back home while they attend Law and Medical school.

NOLA Catholic Parenting blogger/columnist Stacy LaMorte discusses helping your children to see their God-given strengths, not what you want or wish their strengths were, will help them to go far in life.

NOLA Catholic Parenting blogger/columnist sees that through the gift of nature, God reminds us that he created it all for us to enjoy and care for.

NOLA Catholic Parenting columnist reflects on how God allows all things, both joy and suffering, for our own good and for the good of the Church.

Jesus teaches us that it is better to take the low place and expect no reward than to expect or demand that we receive praise as if God didn’t have anything to do with our accomplishments.

Book speaks to columnist in a deep and special way calling her to be still with God more.

The Saints had many great trials and their simple and deep trust in the Lord is what allowed miracles to occur.

Just as the Israelites doubted and feared, we, too, can feel paralyzed when facing the storms of parenting.

By careful negotiation, a parent can maneuver a child for magical thinking to existential spirituality by strategically employing rote petitionary prayers in their children’s lives.

For so many of us, guilt was the atmosphere we grew up in. And if we’re not careful, it becomes the default we fall back on when we’re unsure how to connect with our children, especially as they grow into adults.

Sometimes, a small shift in how we pray can be amazingly fruitful. Moving from rote prayer to imaginative prayer can awaken something new in our hearts. Ask a question, sit in silence, use your imagination, and let your heart wander with him.

Take a moment to thank God that I live in a time that has the Holy Catholic Church with the Divine revelation of Jesus Christ. The church with the sacrament of reconciliation to be as an individual and all as people pleasing to God.

God is still teaching me how to surrender my worldly desires, which is a lifelong skill.

I rejoice in opportunities to discreetly labor in service to others and in gratitude to our Lord for his gifts. Everything that I have, even the “work” that I have to do, is because of him.

We can start with rote prayer; the first way we teach young children to pray.

"When we pause to check in, we show that we value the other person’s voice and want to ensure real communication is happening, not just speaking, but connecting."

"Love everyone with great love of charity, but have friendship with chose capable of communicating virtuous things to you," Saint Francis de Sales and Saint Jane Frances Chantal.

I have written about this before, but when I thought about the most important topic to me as a family in my last NOLA Catholic Parenting column, it must be family dinnertime.