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Catholic Professor Urges Families to Reclaim Home in Technological Age
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In Short: A Christendom College professor calls for families to prioritize home life and human flourishing amid technological challenges.
Cuddeback's book outlines eight pillars for reclaiming the home as a place of human flourishing. "We do not honor those who prioritize home life—either women or men," he noted, highlighting the challenges faced by families in modern society. "Many of the structures, practices, and assumptions of our age are at odds with the real good of home life," he added.
In response to recent immigration enforcement actions, Bishop Frank Caggiano of Bridgeport, Connecticut, called for support. "Families in Fairfield County, including those in Danbury and Stamford, have lived through moments of real fear as immigration enforcement activity has intensified in our area," Caggiano said in a statement. He urged parishes in the diocese to support immigrant families and anyone affected by enforcement actions.
Caggiano also addressed the impact of these actions on the community. "Connecticut has some of the lowest crime rates in the country, thanks to the excellent work our state and local police do to keep violent criminals off our streets. Rounding up people at random to fill a quota does not lower crime. It traumatizes families and communities," he said.
In a pastoral statement, Caggiano called on members of the Church to stand with immigrant families. "To our immigrant brothers and sisters throughout Fairfield County, whether or not you are Catholic, whether or not you have ever set foot in one of our parishes, please know that the Church stands with you," he said. "Our parishes, our Catholic Charities, and our Office of Hispanic Ministry remain, as they have always been, places of welcome and refuge, and no one need fear that the doors of our churches will ever be closed to them," he added.
What's confirmed
- Cuddeback's book outlines eight pillars for reclaiming the home as a place of human flourishing. "We do not honor those who prioritize home life—either women or men," he noted, highlighting the challenges faced by families in modern society. "Many of the structures, practices, and assumptions of our age are at odds with the real good of home life," he added.
- In response to recent immigration enforcement actions, Bishop Frank Caggiano of Bridgeport, Connecticut, called for support. "Families in Fairfield County, including those in Danbury and Stamford, have lived through moments of real fear as immigration enforcement activity has intensified in our area," Caggiano said in a statement. He urged parishes in the diocese to support immigrant families and anyone affected by enforcement actions.
- Caggiano also addressed the impact of these actions on the community. "Connecticut has some of the lowest crime rates in the country, thanks to the excellent work our state and local police do to keep violent criminals off our streets. Rounding up people at random to fill a quota does not lower crime. It traumatizes families and communities," he said.
- In a pastoral statement, Caggiano called on members of the Church to stand with immigrant families. "To our immigrant brothers and sisters throughout Fairfield County, whether or not you are Catholic, whether or not you have ever set foot in one of our parishes, please know that the Church stands with you," he said. "Our parishes, our Catholic Charities, and our Office of Hispanic Ministry remain, as they have always been, places of welcome and refuge, and no one need fear that the doors of our churches will ever be closed to them," he added.
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- “Families today are struggling to achieve what they so badly want: to have the kind of relationships we’re made for, beginning in the home, especially between spouses and between parents and children,” Cuddeback said.
- Christendom College professor John Cuddeback spoke to EWTN News about his new book “The Intentional Household: Living as if People Matter,” and treating our homes as places of human flourishing.
- John Cuddeback, a professor of philosophy at Christendom College, says families today don’t often know how to achieve what they desire in their homes and family life.
- Even many traditionally-minded folks struggle to realize and enact the demanding, even while ordinary, aspects of God’s plan for our homes.
- “But I write as a pastor who cannot remain silent while members of our human family are suffering, while families are separated, and while fear has entered our schools, our workplaces, and our streets,” Caggiano said.