MP097: Elements of a Family Culture
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2018
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
"Each family finds within itself a summons that cannot be ignored and that specifies both its dignity and responsibility: family, become what you are" (Familiaris Consortio, #17)
We have discussed how important a family culture is. It is a powerful construct that communicates more effectively than your words alone can. But how do parents build a healthy culture in their home? What should the elements be? The first priority should be building a spiritual life, which we discussed in "Building a Family Culture" but what comes after that? In this podcast, we discuss the next 4 priorities: your marriage, the family's network of relationships, discovering giftedness, and family operations. Listen in and then take some time to discuss with your spouse what needs to be strengthened in the culture you are building in your home. (BONUS: At the very end we are joined by a special guest.)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the messy family podcast. I'm Mike Hernan. |
| 0:06.5 | I'm Alicia Hernan. |
| 0:07.5 | And this is a conversation starter on topics of marriage, parenting, and family life. |
| 0:12.9 | This is our 97th episode. So thanks for sticking in if you've listened to others or binge listened or been a long listener. |
| 0:20.0 | Yep. I don't know. |
| 0:21.1 | If somebody has listened to 97 podcasts, they're probably really sick of us at this point. |
| 0:25.6 | That seems like a lot. |
| 0:26.6 | Maybe it's your first time listening. |
| 0:29.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:29.9 | If this is your first time listening to... |
| 0:31.8 | This is going to be the best podcast. |
| 0:33.2 | Yeah, you chose wisely, my friend. |
| 0:36.0 | We are very excited about this topic of building family culture. |
| 0:38.9 | It's really kind of gotten our juices flowing and just realizing it's like kind of like |
| 0:43.0 | when you all of a sudden talking and you realize, yeah, we do this. |
| 0:46.5 | Yeah, that's, it's able to, we're able to articulate some things that we have been living out, |
| 0:51.7 | but we didn't really have to explain it, which is why this podcast is such a gift. It's helping us be better parents. Yeah, so maybe, maybe it's totally not |
| 0:58.8 | helping you at all, but it's great for us. And really our mission at the Messy Family Project, |
| 1:05.1 | which is our nonprofit organization, is really to strengthen marriages, empower parents, |
| 1:10.6 | and help families build a on-fire dynamic family. |
| 1:15.6 | And this topic really is one of our three pillars, really, I would say, is really drawing people into this idea of family culture. |
| 1:24.2 | So before we jump right into the topic, would you want to pray? Sure. Okay. In the name of the |
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