MFP 218: Family Culture Focus: Holidays
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
"When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things—not the great occasions—give off the greatest glow of happiness." - Bob Hope
The holidays are an important "memory making time" for children because these are the years in which their impressions are sometimes bigger than life, bigger than reality! Parents need to be very intentional about the messages that they are sending to their children through the way that they spend their time, energy, and money. In this podcast we take some time to review the importance of family culture for the formation of identity, belonging and mission. But then we get into the practical side of the holidays and give some tips and tricks that all parents can benefit from! Listen in!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the messy family podcast. |
| 0:06.7 | Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family. |
| 0:10.8 | Hosted by our parents, Mike Hernan and Alicia Hornin. |
| 0:15.8 | They're pretty awesome, but they're not experts. |
| 0:18.6 | Because family life is really messy. |
| 0:23.3 | Hello, messy families. Thanks for joining us. It is a joyful day in the neighborhood. |
| 0:30.3 | This is a joyful season, a hope-filled season. We hope you have so far been enjoying your Advent. |
| 0:38.3 | If you're following along in time with us, this is second week. |
| 0:44.6 | We're kind of deep in the Advent season. |
| 0:46.1 | Middle of Advent, right? |
| 0:47.6 | Yes, yes. |
| 0:48.2 | We just got back from a great trip out into St. Louis in, is it Caudelsville? Is that right? And Bobby and Suzanne, |
| 0:58.6 | they did. Keppel at St. Joseph's Parish. At St. Joseph's. That was a amazing event. |
| 1:05.3 | They did a great job. It was so fun to be with them and to get to meet some folks. We got to meet some |
| 1:11.5 | members. So many listeners. It was awesome. Yeah. Members of the messy family neighborhood as |
| 1:16.7 | well as just other listeners and some new friends as well. Yeah. And I think just an encouragement |
| 1:22.4 | to like what they are doing like with their their little group of people. Like he was telling |
| 1:27.3 | me that the priest had asked them like, well, what are you guys? Like are you like, are doing like with their, they're a little group of people. Like he was telling me that the priest had asked them like, |
| 1:29.4 | well, what are you guys? |
| 1:30.8 | Like, are you like a what? |
| 1:32.2 | And he was like, we're nothing. |
| 1:34.3 | We're just like people coming together to be together. |
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