Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic, where real faith meets real life.

It's August, it's that time again, and it's kind of scary.

I have to be honest.

My family, we were just watching some great soccer with Messi who's coming and playing

in the United States, and there it was.

There was an ad at halftime.

I couldn't believe it.

It was an ad for those school supplies.

It's time to get ready for school season again.

So for those of us that are parents, and we have little kids at school, and we got to go

on that big treasure hunt to go find everything and the exact kind of pencil and notebook that

the teacher wants.

Whether it's college kids getting ready to go off, they've got to get their textbooks

and registration and planning for moving in and all, and parents helping them in that process.

August is always a stressful time in the Sree family.

I know as we're ramping up to get our little kids at school, high school launching, and

then our college kids launched as well.

But more important than getting your notebook and getting your pencil and getting all the

registration worked out, more important than that is preparing your soul for what you're

going to encounter, especially for those young adults that are going off to college and

those that may be launching from college and entering their young adult years.

There are many challenges that young people face today that we didn't face when we were

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