By Susan Ciancio “What manner of love is this?” Michael the archangel asked. Advent is a time of preparation, reflection, anticipation, and joy. And nowhere… Read More »Nine Reasons to Read ‘An Angel’s Story’ Before Christmas
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Culture of Life Studies Program! Though this Thanksgiving may look different than past years, and family may… Read More »Thanksgiving Blessings
By Susan Ciancio As parents, we do our best to teach our teens right from wrong. We talk to them about religion and politics. We… Read More »An Open Letter to Teens about Planned Parenthood
By Susan Ciancio We often pray to discern the will of God, but do we teach our children to do so? Today is the Feast… Read More »Modeling Our Lives After St. Gerard Majella
By Susan Ciancio Welcome to October! We have some positive reasons to celebrate throughout the entire month. Not only is October Respect Life Month, but… Read More »Pro-Life Lessons to Help You Celebrate October
By Susan Ciancio The world seems like a scary place right now, especially to our children. Everywhere you turn, news stories offer little in the… Read More »Can Your Child Defend Life?
By Susan Ciancio How do we teach our children to be kind and to treat others well? They must see us treating others well. We… Read More »People Come in All Shapes and Sizes, but We Are All God’s Children
By Susan Ciancio “I come from heaven.” On May 13, 1917, Lucia Santos, age 10, was tending sheep with her cousins, siblings Jacinta and Francisco… Read More »Our Beautiful Mother Mary and the Miracles at Fatima
In 1950, Pope Pius XII wrote Munificentissimus Deus—an apostolic constitution that defined the dogma of the Assumption of Mary. The Holy Father stated: “By the… Read More »Mary’s Assumption into Heaven
By Susan Ciancio Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently stated that the presence of a statue of St. Damien of Molokai in the Hawaiian capitol building is… Read More »St. Damien: A True Pro-Life Hero
By Susan Ciancio At the 1994 National Prayer Breakfast, St. Teresa of Calcutta said: “I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion,… Read More »Endangered and Vulnerable
By Susan Ciancio It can be hard to see connections between the lives of the saints and our current culture, but we can make some… Read More »Do You Know These Saints?