Fwd: Repentance & Renewal: Ignatian Resources for Lent


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Repentance & Renewal: Ignatian Resources for Lent


Last year, you were one of more than 20,000 people who joined the Jesuits of Canada and the United States for our online Lenten prayer program, Igniting Our Values. While we're not offering a Lenten program this year, there are a wide array of online resources for prayer and reflection being produced by the Ignatian family.

Loyola Press presents Lenten Moments of Mercy, a daily email series that delivers reflections based on the Scriptures of Lent, sharing the inspiring words of Pope Francis and suggesting Lenten actions and prayers during this Jubilee Year of Mercy. Sign up to receive the daily messages from Ash Wednesday through Easter Sunday here.

The Ignatian Solidarity Network is hosting a daily blog called Lift Every Voice: A Lenten Journey Toward Racial Justice to address racism through the lens of Ignatian spirituality and daily readings. It will feature more than 20 writers from the Jesuit network, including Saint Louis University president Fred Pestello, Boston College theologian M. Shawn Copeland and Jesuit Father Fred Kammer, executive director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University New Orleans.

The Apostleship of Prayer, in partnership with Ave Maria Press, invites you to Pray with the Gospels During Lent on its Sacred Reading blog, with daily prayer exercises using the prayer techniques of St. Ignatius Loyola. You can also sign up there to receive daily emails of the blog's content.

Several Jesuit colleges and universities also have Lenten offerings. Creighton University's Praying Lent has daily readings, meditations, reflections and prayers. Creighton's Online Ministries also offers a Lenten audio retreat by Jesuit Father Larry Gillick.

Georgetown University's Lent Daily Devotional offers brief reflections and prayers written by students, faculty, staff and alumni that are sent out by email each morning during Lent. Thousands of people around the world participate in this digital retreat, and you can join in by signing up here.

The College of the Holy Cross has published a daily Lenten reflection booklet, "Return to Me: Lenten Reflections from Holy Cross, 2016," which can be downloaded as a PDF. It contains reflections written by a variety of Holy Cross students, Jesuits, professors, staff and alumni.

Jesuit and Ignatian prayer sites are another great way to pray during Lent. JesuitPrayer.org, produced by the Midwest Jesuits, offers the daily Scripture, along with an Ignatian prayer for the day and an Ignatian reflection written by Jesuits and lay collaborators. Sacred Space, run by the Irish Jesuits and Loyola Press, also offers daily prayers and reflections. Pray as You Go, by the British Jesuits, has daily audio prayer sessions that you can download, and IgnatianSpirituality.com has a compilation of online retreats, video reflections and articles for the Lenten season.

Finally, for Spanish speakers, pray along en Español with Loyola Press' Recursos cuaresmales and Creighton University's Un Retiro "Online".

Blessings on your Lenten journey,

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Fwd: Maryland Indoor Regional results, videos, photos, & more!

 
 
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1. Screening for Depression in Adults
US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement 







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Fwd: Help & Hope: 9 Steps to Defeat Isolation in Your Marriage

 
 
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Subject: Help & Hope: 9 Steps to Defeat Isolation in Your Marriage
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9 Steps to Defeat Isolation in Your Marriage

By Dennis Rainey

Every marriage, no matter how good, needs a plan to combat isolation and to bring about intimacy.

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‘We Do Not Know How to Love’

Barbara Rainey talks about her Valentine’s Day resource designed to help families learn how to love others with the power of Christ.

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Their Marriage Was a Train Wreck

By Mary May Larmoyeux

Roger and Tonya Haskin had no clue about marriage.

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Making Your Home a Hub of Faith

By Dr. Kara Powell

Ideas for creating a gravitational pull that brings family members closer to each other and to God.

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"We were here last year and it saved our marriage. This year we came to strengthen our bond. … We will be back next year!"

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Has Valentine's Day become a little predictable at your house? Why not focus on the real meaning of love rather than the retailers' idea of it? To help you, Barbara Rainey has created a new tool called "How Do I Love Thee?" that emphasizes the true definition of love as outlined in 1 Corinthians 13. Barbara explains how you can learn about and reflect on the 14 qualities of love that God values most.
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Fwd: Marriage & Family Symposium

 
 
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From: ArusiNetwork [mailto:ministry@arusi.org]
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 10:55 AM
Subject: Marriage & Family Symposium needs your help

 

P.O. Box 907 www.arusi.orgministry@arusi.org●(312) 912-9951●Matteson, IL 60443 ●

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

We are reaching out to you and those who have taken a large or small stake in our ministry since it began in 1981. We need your assistance in spreading the word and encouraging people to attend an important national event in March here in the Chicago area.

 

We have served the broader Catholic community locally and nationally in a variety of areas of outreach, as well as the constituents of the Healthy Marriage Initiative a decade ago. Still our hearts are in serving black families through our ministry of encouragement and empowerment.

 

As the heading above states, we are hosting the first National Black Catholic Marriage and Family Symposium at theHyatt Regency Schaumburg. The dates are March 4-5 with a pre-conferene that begins on March 3. This gathering will be much more than a conference but a symposium where participants will do much thought-sharing, both facilitated and informal.

 

We have lined up an impressive crew of speakers and facilitators. Go towww.marriageonalampstand.org to see the line up.

 

This initiative is an unprecedented collaboration among Black Catholic leaders and Catholic Family Life Ministry leaders. This Symposium is a pioneer initiative that will help fill some systemic gaps in providing effective outreach to African Americans by Catholic family life ministries. Fueled by the National Black Catholic Congress’Pastoral Plan of Action, Article IX, “Getting Married and Staying Married,” and the National Association of Catholic Family Ministers’ establishing a board position that focuses on African-American outreach, this initiative has broad support nationally.

 

Noted theologian Fr. Bryan Massingale will articulate a theology of marriage and family through a lens of social justice and in the context of the African-American Narrative (cultural, historical, and spiritual).Dr. Linda Malone-Colón of Hampton University and the National Center on African-American Marriage & Parenting (NCAAMP) will present the sociological imperative for a specialized outreach to African Americans. We (Andrew & Terri Lyke) will present a pragmatic strategy for effective outreach, which will be based on our 35 years of ministry and 40 years of marriage.

 

We intend to publish the outcomes of the facilitated conversations. It will be a document for the Church to use to better engage its Family Life initiatives with African Americans.

 

Partnering with us are the National Association of Black Catholic Ministers (NABCA), the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers (NACFLM), the National Black Catholic Congress (NBCC), and ArusiNetwork.

 

We need this important gathering to be well attended. We ask you to help us promote the event by encouraging the people you know, couples (married or unmarried), pastoral ministers, catechists, and anyone who is a stakeholder of marriage, to participate. You may download a promotionalflyer by clicking here. Download a bulletin ad by clicking here. Register online by going to the website: www.marriageonalampstand.org.

 

There will be pre-conference certified training sessions, and free seminars. See the table below for pricing details.

 

 

Visit www.marriageonalampstand.org for bios and descriptions of presentations. The fruits of this initiative will be parishes and families more engaged. Such engagement strengthens families and thereby strengthens communities.

 

Thank you for supporting this effort. Contact us if you have any questions:info@arusi.org; (312) 912-9951.

 

Your brother and sister in Christ,

 

 

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#10. Study Says Reduced Violence, Bullying Possible Thanks to ESSA Guidelines 

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3. AEI's recent event "Faith and family life among African Americans and Latinos in America."   summary and video ​







​4. ​Before settling down, Gaza couples get U.S.-style marriage help








5. 

Psychology researchers study military marriages






6. 

Frequent contact between parents, adult children is beneficial to both







7. Welcome to the new NREPP Open Submission process! Open submission period closes on January 26, 2016. ​

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Candidates for Friday Five

1. I MADE MY FRIENDS TEST THE 19TH CENTURY’S HOTTEST DATING TACTIC: READING ALOUD








2. 

Resilience Intervention Helps Entire Military Family





3. AEI's recent event "Faith and family life among African Americans and Latinos in America."   summary and video ​







​4. ​Before settling down, Gaza couples get U.S.-style marriage help








5. 

Psychology researchers study military marriages






6. 

Frequent contact between parents, adult children is beneficial to both







7. Welcome to the new NREPP Open Submission process! Open submission period closes on January 26, 2016. ​

The NREPP Open Submission Process










​Thanks Anna​



Bill


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What the data show on bullying, drug and alcohol use, depression, violence and other common sources of parental concern. READ MORE >


​2. 
CARSON THE BUTLER ON TRUE MARRIAGE
Robert P. George




When: Wednesday, January 20, 2015 at 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. EST
Sponsor: National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC)
 







4. Researchers´ advice to save the relationships of parents of small children







5. Marriage Done Right: Men, women and communications in marriage

James E. Sheridan for The News-Sentinel









6. Stop the Fighting! 3 Red Flags to Save Your Marriage: Part II













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9. Fifteen-year national survey of 'fragile families' fuels wide range of research

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Fwd: Harvard's 75-Year Study Reveals the Secret to Living a Happy Life...

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In This Issue
Beth Mendel derailed her successful career in design when her husband's company relocated him from New York City to Virginia. They moved their four children into new schools, sold their apartment in the city, and bought a new home in Virginia. Her parents even joined them in the move. Her husband's job was to downsize the company's operations in Virginia. However, a few months later, after her husband had successfully downsized the company, his employer in New York City called him back to headquarters for a meeting. Read More 
Historically, highly educated women have been less likely to marry and have children than their less educated peers. Female employment has likewise been associated with lower fertility at the national level. Read More
There's growing recognition of how much our first years of life affect us not just as children but into adulthood. Parents are routinely told how important it is for them to talk to their babies and toddlers, for instance; we know that deficits in young children's vocabulary and cognitive development are hard to rectify down the road.    Read More 
Gary wasn't mad at his ex-employer. A self-employed contractor for years, Gary joined a new company as a contracting manager because he believed it would enable him to fulfill what he saw as a solemn duty towards his son: giving him a more secure future. So when Gary was suddenly laid off, despite the company's apparently handsome profits, it came as a shock to him. But he was mainly mad at himself, not the employer, for making what he called "the biggest mistake of my life": joining the company in the first place.Read More
Harvard's 75-Year Study Reveals The Secret To Living A Happy Life. And Here It Is.
There are countless ways to live life, but what if one way was better than others? What if there were certain "secrets" to ensuring greater happiness, and we could reveal those secrets to you right here, right now?

Sounds like the tagline of some hippy-dippy self-help book, doesn't it? But the secrets to happiness may be actually be found in one incredibly in-depth study from Harvard.
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We are in the midst of planning 2016 webinars.  What topics/speakers would you like to see us include in the NARME webinar series?

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In 2014, just 14% of children younger than 18 lived with a stay-at-home mother and a working father who were in their first marriage. This marks a dramatic decline from the height of the postwar baby boom, when these kinds of households were more common.  Read More 
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There is a troubling trend that researchers have identified again and again - low-income parents, especially single mothers, have higher rates of depression and depressive symptoms than their higher-income counterparts. A new Child Trends' study found that more than half of a group of low-income mothers in Maryland felt down, depressed, or hopeless in the past year and almost a third had those feelings combined with a lack of interest or pleasure in doing things.  Read More 
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
From the good old days when humor didn't have to start with a four-letter word: Can't you just hear him saying these and then ending the program with a big smile and a "God bless!"

EXERPTS FROM RED SKELTON'S RECIPE FOR THE PERFECT MARRIAGE
1. Two times a week we go to a nice restaurant, have a little beverage, good food and companionship. She goes on Tuesdays, I go on Fridays.
2. I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back.
3. We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.
4. My wife told me the car wasn't running well because there was water in the carburetor. I asked where the car was. She told me, "In the lake."
5. She got a mud pack and looked great for two days. Then the mud fell off.
6. She ran after the garbage truck, yelling, "Am I too late for the garbage?" The driver said, "No, jump in!".
7. I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was 'Always'.
8. I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months. I don't like to interrupt her.
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1. THIS ONE UNEXPECTED BUT TOTALLY NORMAL THING CAN WRECK  YOUR MARRIAGE

KRISTIE ESHELMAN





2. Tuesday, January 19, 2016 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Faith and family life among African Americans and Latinos in America

Book Forum

AEI, Twelfth Floor
1150 Seventeenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036








3. Troops Often Marry Young, and for Good Reasons

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4. Family Strengthening Scholars: 2015 Grantee Project Abstracts






5. If there is a secret to marriage, it just may be commitment







6. How do you teach a kid to be a dad?

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7. Upcoming FRPN Webinar 

A reminder that the FRP will host our fourth learning community webinar on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. EST. 

The webinar will review the new FRPN funding opportunity (RFP) and feature a roundtable discussion with researchers about our new outcome measures for nonresident fathers. 

Register for A Conversation with Researchers About New FRPN Outcome Measures for Nonresident Fathers here














9. Friends: Connecting People with Disabilities and Community Members







10. It’s no longer a ‘Leave It to Beaver’ world for American families – but it wasn’t back then, either


 








11. Parent Traps: Children benefit the most from parents with a thriving marriage
 

 

 MICHELE KAMBOLIS




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