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101 Father’s Day Gift Ideas for One-in-a-Million Dads, and Grandpas Too

by Mary Carty
Along with graduations and weddings, June also brings the annual celebration of Father’s Day in many countries as a day set aside to honor and pay special tribute to dads.
 
A Father’s Day Celebration for Your Home
by Rock Travnikar, O.F.M.
Honor Dad on Father’s Day with prayers and Scripture readings.
 
Lego Pain
In the Servant Book
Love in the Little Things: Tales of Family Life , author Mike Aquilina describes a moment with his daughter that helped him connect with his heavenly father.
 
Fathers’ Prayers for Patience, Children’s Well-Being
A father's relationship with his children encompasses a variety of concerns. In this excerpt from
Prayers for Catholic Men (Servant Books), author Mike Pacer offers two prayers for fathers.
 
Each Father’s Role in Salvation Story
Fathers know that their presence in their children's lives is crucial for their growth and development. In
God, Help Me: How to Grow in Prayer (Servant Books), Jim Beckman demonstrates how prayer is not just about self, but connects to the larger story of meaning and purpose.
 
How Men Find God
by Rick Gaillardetz
What makes men tick? A father of four and theologian takes a look at how men’s relationships shape their spirituality.
 
Seven Promises for Catholic Men
by Richard Rohr, O.F.M. and Joseph Martos
Catholic men live out faith through their relationship with Jesus and other men, their roles in their personal and professional lives, and their concern for all humanity.


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Jerome Emiliani: A careless and irreligious soldier for the city-state of Venice, Jerome was captured in a skirmish at an outpost town and chained in a dungeon. In prison Jerome had a lot of time to think, and he gradually learned how to pray. When he escaped, he returned to Venice where he took charge of the education of his nephews—and began his own studies for the priesthood. 
<p>In the years after his ordination, events again called Jerome to a decision and a new lifestyle. Plague and famine swept northern Italy. Jerome began caring for the sick and feeding the hungry at his own expense. While serving the sick and the poor, he soon resolved to devote himself and his property solely to others, particularly to abandoned children. He founded three orphanages, a shelter for penitent prostitutes and a hospital. </p><p>Around 1532 Jerome and two other priests established a congregation, the Clerks Regular of Somasca, dedicated to the care of orphans and the education of youth. Jerome died in 1537 from a disease he caught while tending the sick. He was canonized in 1767. In 1928 Pius Xl named him the patron of orphans and abandoned children.</p> American Catholic Blog Fortitude is believing and acting on our beliefs when it is hard to do so. Principles, truth, courage—they are easy virtues in easy times. It’s at the shank of the evening, when belief is hard, that fortitude becomes a virtue to live by.

 
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