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Summer Travel: A Saintly Destination

Have you ever wondered how city leaders decide what names to give the streets, roads and avenues we travel on day in and day out? I live near Titletown, U.S.A., home of the world famous Green Bay Packers, so it’s no surprise that the streets I frequent have names such as Brett Favre Pass, Bart Starr Drive and Reggie White Way. But in one of the country’s most populated cities, the art of naming streets has become the subject of a new museum exhibit. If you are looking for a family friendly summer travel destination that will provide more than … Continue reading →

What’s In A Name?

Madison, Emma, Conner, and Aidan. A recent survey ranks them as the nation’s most popular girls’ and boys’ names. But among Catholic families, a new survey shows, that those names don’t even make the top ten. If you thought giving children the names of saints has gone out of fashion…think again. It seems Catholic parents still favor the names of the great men and women of their faith. With five children, a fellow mom and member of our church, says the key consideration in naming her children was a good patron saint. It’s no surprise that her first two sons … Continue reading →