The Institute for Family Health and Well-Being
The Institute for Family Health and Well-being (IFHWB) was created in 2009 to encourage and support Catholic families, individuals, and couples to live fulfilling, enriching, and virtuous lives. The mission statement for IFHWB is:
"Helping you navigate the challenges of life and embrace the joy and holiness of living."
IFHWB helps Catholic families, individuals, couples, and organizations align with the principles of living a virtuous life. This is a life consistent with the Virtues identified by Aristotle and incorporated into the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas.
The four Cardinal Virtues are prudence, or practical wisdom; temperance, or self-control; fortitude, or courage; and justice, or doing the right and good thing.
Catholic families are perfectly situated to live virtuous lives:
Living a virtuous life is a decision - it does not happen by accident. Choosing to align their lives with the teachings of Jesus Christ, as well as the Teachings and Traditions of the Catholic Church,
Catholic Families are in a unique position to influence the culture in a positive, holy, and virtuous way.
These families are called to dialogue with the culture and to integrate their faith as they influence the world around them. They trust that the Holy Spirit is calling them to this noble work at this very moment in history. We are not living in this time by accident. Trust that you have a mission to accomplish and ask for the grace and guidance of the Holy Spirit to equip you and your family for the work He has in store for you!
The concepts below will help you and your family live a virtuous life:
1.) Living a virtuous life helps us feel good about our decisions and actions every day because we are following our conscience.
2.) The virtuous life is our pathway to heaven.
3.) We must stand firmly for what you believe is right and good.
4.) We must teach virtuous living to our children and adolescents through being a good role model and example of virtuous living.
5.) A virtuous Catholic family encourages the children and adolescents to make good, moral, ethical, virtuous decisions.
6.) The qualities of the father and mother demonstrate the Cardinal and Theological virtues, which are actively chosen each day. These virtues become habits for them and form their character.
7.) A virtuous child or adolescent understands the importance of making right and good decisions each day.
9.) A virtuous child or adolescent is growing in holiness and virtue each day, through the examples adults set for them.
10.) We are all responsible to help create a virtuous world!!
If you are unsure of how to become a virtuous person, parent, or grandparent, purchase a copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and begin reading it.
You may also choose to listen to Fr. Mike Schmitz's podcast "Catechism in a Year."
Don't be afraid to become a virtuous, religious person and family!!
Parents are the primary educators of their children with regard to spiritual development (Lumen Gentium., 11: "Parents, by word and example, are the first heralds of the faith with regard to their children.").
Through the use of my twenty years as a Catholic school educator, as well as my ten-year career as a Christian licensed marriage and family therapist, I provide clear, simple teaching instructions for parents and families to educate their children and adolescents regarding morality and character. These methods help parents present to their children and adolescents the importance of learning how to live the core concepts of our Catholic faith in the everyday situations they face with friends, school mates, on their sports' teams, and in any other situation in which they are challenged to provide a living example of how to live a holy and virtuous life.
I am available as a speaker for Parent Groups, Homeschool Groups, Women's Groups, Cana Dinners, Retreats, and Evenings of Renewal.
Please listen to my podcast "Virtuous Living Made Simple," found on Spotify.
We must be people of gratitude who choose to do the right and good thing in every situation we face.
If you have questions, please contact me at 651-208-9829 or ksoucheray@ifhwb.com.
Thank you and God bless you all, Dr. Kate
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Household Holiness: Family Blessings Moment by Moment: Becoming a Means of Christ's Presence in the World is a book for women to help them find the moments of grace within each day. The book has been written in a Discussion, Bible Study, or Retreat Format and asks each woman to participate at the level of her own comfort. It is designed to provide an opportunity for women to answer important questions about their life and to share their responses with other women. The women may feel best just listening and not sharing a great deal. They may also feel that sharing their responses with others helps them become more virtuous and holy.
Household Holiness has been submitted to Catholic publishers and I am waiting to hear back from them. It received an Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat and was edited by well-respected Catholic editor, Jeanette Fast Redmond.
May God bless you all today to live a holy and virtuous life.
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