is the name of the Knights of Columbus pro-fatherhood initiative. I met their editor, Brian Caulfield, last week at the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers in Cincinnati. He says nice things about me in this post!
They may be a small and non-representative minority of Catholics, but they are people in possession of an idea, and know they have the truth to share. Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, who runs the cutting-edge Ruth Institute in defense of marriage, insisted repeatedly in her talk that Catholics have the benefit of knowing the truth, and they should be anxious to share it out of love and compassion for their neighbors.
This whole Fathers for Good site is a pretty cool source of encouragement for fathers.
I just discovered Dr. Gordon Finley over at Men’s News Daily. Here he is on the challenges to fatherhood:
fatherhood itself is under fire on multiple fronts and with multiple losses, not only for children and fathers, but also for society. Consider three: male unemployment, divorce, and non-marital childbearing.
Male unemployment today is higher than female unemployment while not coincidentally female educational attainment is higher Read more…
David Eggebeen is Associate Professor of Human Development in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on aspects of the family. His interview with Mercator Net talks about how kids need fathers and how fathers make unique contributions to the welfare of their children. He also notes the separation between the rich and the poor over the issue of fatherlessness.
My own research shows that fathers uniquely influence their adolescent children. If the father has a poor relationship with his child at this age Read more…
I just found this lovely article by a young Catholic priest, about his father, his deceased brother, and hunting. (No, the brother didn’t die hunting.) It is about the ways in which Father Figures help the development of young men through their time together in the wild. wordlessly. Fr. Patrick tells this story about himself as an eight-year-old. Read more…
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