Mystery of Parenthood

Trey Cashion and Thaddeus Romansky finished up their discussion of a Catholic Education Resource Center article by Professor Thomas Lickona. ( https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/marriage-and-family/parenting/raising-children-of-character-10-principles.html  ) They covered his remaining 5 principles for raising children of character. In the 2004 article, Prof. Lickona intended his principles as g...

Come along with host Trey Cashion on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 as we look at the saints of the Advent season, how you can venerate them, and how you came celebrate their feasts in your home and in your family. The saints spotlighted were St. Andrew, St. Nicholas, Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego, St. Lucy and, of course, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Get to know these feasts bet...

Trey Cashion discusses with Thaddeus Romansky a Catholic Education Resource Center article ( https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/marriage-and-family/parenting/raising-children-of-character-10-principles.html  ) on ten principles to raise children of character by Thomas Lickona. In the 2004 article, it lists and explains the following: Parenting is arguably the hardest job there is and the one for...

On Tuesday, November 2, 2021--the Feast of All Souls--hosts Trey and Stephanie Cashion delivered up the good news about how living virtuous lives can produce happiness for young men and young women. The Cashions were given an opportunity in the prior week to speak to Aggie freshmen who take part in St. Mary's Catholic Center's John 15 evangelization ministry for first-year students. Please give th...

On Tuesday, October 26, 2021, hosts Trey and Stephanie Cashion had a great conversation with Dr. Andrew "Swaff" Swafford and his wife, Sarah. Like Trey and Stephanie, they are a Catholic husband-and-wife team that brings tremendous energy and great insight to the table. Andrew is a professor of theology at Benedictine College in Kansas and Sarah is a Catholic speaker in her own right, who also has...

On Tuesday, October 19, 2021, Trey again welcomed Adam Brill to discuss the liturgical action of the Mass and how to bring this concepts into family conversations about our Faith. Adam is the liturgical coordinator for St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in College Station, TX and brings a wealth of knowledge to the table. In this two-part series, he and Trey especially focused on dissecting the co...

On Tuesday, October 5, 2021, Trey welcomed Adam Brill to discuss the liturgical action of the Mass and how to bring this concepts into family conversations about our Faith. Adam is the liturgical coordinator for St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in College Station, TX and brings a wealth of knowledge to the table. In this two-part series, he and Trey especially focused on dissecting the concepts...

On Tuesday, September 14, host Trey Cashion talked about how God is love and how to get our children to gain a proper understanding of what love is.  Love is what holds our families together and how we as parents need to be challenged to be better at reflecting of what God's love is to our children. Remember to pray, parent with a purpose, and prepare for God to amaze you. And he will!

On Tuesday, September 7, host Trey Cashion followed up on his previous show's discussion about the research of Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith into "best practices" for passing on the Faith to our children . In this episode he discussed an article by Theresa Cervantes Barber, who recommends asking our children two critical questions each day in order to keep them on track. Trey built on Bar...

On Tuesday, August 31, host Trey Cashion went through a great article on Aleteia ( https://aleteia.org/2021/05/21/if-you-want-your-kids-to-stay-catholic-heres-what-matters-most/ ) based on the social science research of University of Notre Dame professor Christian Smith. Smith is interested in how families pass on their Catholic faith to their children and keep them in the Faith. It's a great conv...

On Tuesday, August 10, Trey talked about the beauty of God's grace, and the necessity of it in our lives in order to live out our calling as followers of Christ. His talk stemmed from The Parent's Mandate, a talk he and his wife Stephanie gave around 15 years ago. How do parents teach their children the Faith effectively? Trey answers with some ways to do this and help your children grow in their...

On Tuesday, August 3, Trey talked about what it means for a family to be a "domestic Church". If you didn't already know, RED-C stands for Religious Education for the Domestic Church. This conversation stemmed from a talk about RED-C recently. Trey discussed how families can live out the call of being a domestic Church, a visible sign of the invisible graces and mercy we have been given by Christ....

On Tuesday, July 27, Trey talked about the 10 benefits siblings bring to one's life. The conversation stemmed from a recent article at aleteia.org by Tom Hoopes. Some benefits include: siblings help you learn life skills, learn social skills, and provide you will built-in playdates. Trey discussed examples of him watching his own 6 children experience these blessings and benefits. To learn what al...

On Tuesday, July 13, Trey followed up on last week's episode of going after the heart of the child. He quoted CCC 1776 and discussed how parents are to do all they can for their children in order to help them have a properly formed conscience. He gave real life examples of situations where he did and did not handle a disciplinary situation properly with his children, and the significance of making...

On Tuesday, July 6, Trey and Stephanie talked about going after the heart of your child. They discussed real life examples of how they went after the hears of their children in order to help them learn and grow in their faith. They also talked about the connection between body and soul, and how we should be aware of the significance of both and understand how we are to treat each. They gave exampl...

On Tuesday, June 22, Trey talked about the importance of the Eucharist, and teaching your children about it as early as possible. Can young children truly understand what the Eucharist is and fully believe in its reality? Well, can you as an adult believe the same things? Or do even you have difficulty sometimes fully grasping the concept? We believe it’s probably the latter, so you can never star...

On Tuesday, June 15, Trey discussed how athletics and sports can play a huge role in a child's life, teaching them many lessons, including lessons in the Faith and cause growth in spirituality. He quoted 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 which talks about running a race and only one runner gets a prize. He also pulled some things from the "Cashi-chism", and used his son's experience and attitude as a beautifu...

On Tuesday, June 8, Stephanie was back with Trey to talk about how downtime can still be an opportunity to grow in holiness. You can't fill your children's tanks if yours is empty! They discussed the importance of doing things to replenish yourself, whether that's exercise, quiet time, reading, getting dressed up, etc. - Whatever helps you to unwind and gather your thoughts when necessary. Taking...

On Tuesday, May 25, Trey talked about God's love for us, and His desire to love Him in return of our own will, without being forced by Him, which would not be love at all. He compared it to the family and parenting our children. Parents can teach children Truth, show them the way and raise them up in the Faith, but they ultimately cannot make them remain in the Faith. It is the child's choice to r...

On Tuesday, May 18, Trey talked about John 15:1-11, where Jesus talks about abiding in Him and bearing fruit. He says He is the Vine and we are the branches. We are to abide in Him in order to bear fruit in our lives. What does it mean for us to abide in Christ and Him to abide in us? What does it mean to be pruned in order to bear fruit? Think about when you prune a rose bush, and then it blooms...

On Tuesday, May 11, Trey talked about evangelizing our children and families as parents. Evangelization is the proclamation of Christ in word and deed. What do we need to do to set our families “ablaze” (evangelize them) and help them to evangelize others? He discussed the 4 foundational things he believes are important in evangelizing our children. F.I.RE. is the acronym used to set our families...

On Tuesday, May 4, Trey talked about offering ourselves fully to Christ, especially in the Mass. If we unite our lives to Him in every area, nothing we go through is an empty event; it has purpose when we unite it to Christ and His suffering. He also discussed the ordinary life that Jesus lived, the years of his life that are undocumented, and the significance of our "ordinary" lives in relation t...

On Tuesday, March 23, Trey and Stephanie talked about what to do and how to keep your children engaged in the Faith. Their conversation stemmed from an article found on the USCCB's website. They touched on the 5 points from the article which are 1) Parents, step up to the plate, 2) Be prepared for questions, 3) Teach your children to pray, 4) Foster Mass appeal, and 5) Where the rubber meets the r...

On Tuesday, March 16, Trey talked about the 7 Secrets of Purposeful Parenting:  1) Parenting is Hard  2) Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing 3) Read and Write Mysteries 4) Coach to play  5) Build Scaffolds and Use Funnels  6) Tell Stories  7) Say Yes Listen in to hear the details about each of these secrets! And remember to pray, parent with a purpose, and prepare for God to amaze you, and He will!

On Tuesday, March 9, Trey talked about the current struggle with the pandemic, from the masks and not being able to understand what someone is saying half the time, to being 6 feet apart when we are meant to be much closer. How do we deal with the division, both physical and spiritual, that seems to be rampant right now? Trey talked about trusting in God even when it's hard. He is our strength and...