Discipline, friendships and getting kids to help around the house
make joy normal: Catholics in the new springtime
send us a text via Fan Mail! In question one, we talk a lot about managing chores and developing a system for busy family life. Question two is about managing behaviour without using rewards and consequences, aka "carrot and stick" methods. What works when you don't want to use coercive disciplinary options. Third question, we chat at length about helping kids develop healthy friendships. Last question, how do we find things that bring us joy? 2:15 - Do you give your k...
About Podcast
The Church is experiencing a profound renewal — a new springtime of faith. But what does that look like in your home? In your parish? In your daily life?
We are living in a time of tremendous opportunity for renewal: a new springtime. As Catholics, we aren't called to retreat from the world, but to become leaven within it—to live so fully in the joy and freedom of the Gospel that our lives might become an invitation.
Let's explore what it means to live as an authentic Catholic family in our time: the beauty of the Faith, the reality of raising children in Christ, the struggles and triumphs of Catholic life, and how ordinary families become instruments of the New Evangelization. From marriage and parenthood to education and community, let's look at how joy—rooted in Christ and His Church—might become the normal rhythm of Catholic life.
Let's usher in the New Springtime Pope John Paul II proclaimed. Catholic family life doesn't have to look perfect to be beautiful. The world doesn't need more noise. It needs to see Catholics living with conviction, charity, and contagious joy.
Let's make joy normal.