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Catholic News Herald

Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina

HeinleinOn June 11, the U.S. bishops undertook the long-anticipated consecration of the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Ahead of the Mass at which the consecration took place, three American archbishops offered to their brothers reflections on the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

‘Making the decision to have a child – it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.’

— Elizabeth Stone, journalist and author

FanucciOver the years I’ve heard so many parents share this quote from Elizabeth Stone, because it speaks to the (literal) heart of raising a child: a calling that involves vulnerability, anxiety, lack of control, and above all, overwhelming love.