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Resources for Dads

October 2, 2008 |

To me, the key to continuously renewing our lives is to, from time to time, break away from our blogging, our fantasy football teams, our kids’ video games, and our TV to learn something.  With this in mind, I decided to fool around last night online, without going onto my regular websites.  Along the way, I found (or rediscovered) some great resources for dads - some new, some not-so-new.

The Knights of Columbus have started a web site aimed at Dads.  Fathers for Good is a resource aimed at men, specifically Dads.  Check it out.

I also came across a series of free booklets on the Scepter Publishers website.  Many of these booklets are aimed at families and provide a great deal of insight for us Dads, with titles like “Bright and Cheerful Homes,” “Parents, Children & the Rules of Life,” and “Reinventing Dad.”

I’ve also become more interested in Catholic bible study, trying to understand the broad themes of the Bible and how they guide us to getting to where God wants us to be.  I found Dr. Scott Hahn’s site, St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.  It provides a series of free online courses to help deepen our Catholic faith and truly understand what God is trying to tell us in the Bible.  Courses such as, “Covenant Love: Introducting the Biblical Worldview,” “The Lamb’s Supper: The Bible and the Mass,” and “Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God.”  All are brief, insightful and to the point.

And then it’s back to the Knights of Columbus.   They run the Catholic Information Service, which has a series of free booklets and free online courses to help explain the Faith.  The “Luke E. Hart Series Course” is based on the Catechism, and the “CIS Faith Formation Course” is geared towards explaining the Church’s faith, practices and devotions.  Both are worth checking out.  If nothing else, download some of the booklets.  The CIS also has a great page on The Year of St. Paul.  You do not have to be a Knight to access these resources.

And today is the Feast of our Guardian Angels.  We are never too old to believe in them, trust them and pray to them.  And we should most certainly teach our kids to reach out to them and talk to them, and to realize that they are a constant presence in their lives and a grace from God.

“Angel of God, my guardian dear.  To whom, God’s love commits me here.  Ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide.”


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