Images from Halifax

As the only child to come home with me for a visit, Isaac was certainly the centre of attention. In fact, at Sunday supper he literally was the centre of attention. We have discovered, as many of you with young babes well know, that the littlest of the littles are often most entertained by a ceiling fan or overhead light. It is as if they have found an old friend. Apparently, the dining-room fixture and Isaac were due up for a reunion.
And it was filled with joy.
Judging by the amount of tea cups and wine glasses around we were obviously well hydrated. And the bathroom was well used.
Fr. Joseph Hattie, O.M.I. If you are blessed to have ever met or known this man then you have met one of the superstars of the Natural Family Planning world. Likewise, you will clearly not be following a one-child policy.
A great woman, Elizabeth. She is the seventh of ten children and her life always reminds me that children in big families are not just the latest addition, some sort of commodity or the answer to, "You had another one?" No, as Elizabeth's life bears witness, each child is an irrepeatable gift whose life is entirely other from his parents and who have a sphere of influence in which they live and move and have their being. She also has fabulous stories about her mother who, at one point, had 4 children under the age of one. Her mother also managed to write a pamphlet called, "Teenagers need a mother", which was displayed at the back of the church by the mother and promptly hidden by the teenaged daughter, Elizabeth.