Stressed to Blessed: The Interior Life of the Homeschooling Parent - Fr. Edward Hathaway Talk Notes

Fr. Hathaway began his talking quoting from and recommending Emily Stimpson's Catholic Almanac, a book we have and really enjoy!

Stressed to Blessed: The Interior Life of the Homeschooling Parent

Fr. Edward Hathaway

The sanctity of everyday, seemingly mundane, life provides a wonderful opportunity for us to practice virtue and gain graces. This talk will cover how to cultivate and grow holiness, build a strong marriage, and keep your focus on Christ while raising a family in this world.

Talk notes - 

* Nazareth is a lesson in silence, prayer, family life - what it should be.  A community of love from which there is no substitute.

* From it we also learn lessons from the Craftsman Son on work, which is demanding yet redeeming.  Jesus was a small business owner.

* Say the noon Angelus - a telegram to God

* Spiritual reading keeps us fresh

* Have holy images in every room

* Let people see Jesus in you, be merciful.

Fr. Edward Hathaway currently serves as the rector of the Basilica of St. Mary in Alexandria, Virginia.

He was born Jan. 5, 1961, to Charles and Marie Hathaway in Oakland, Calif. One of seven children, he attended Oak View Elementary School and James W. Robinson High School in Fairfax. He graduated from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in 1983 and studied at Cambridge University in England, 1983-84.

He worked as a technical recruiter for Essex Human Resources and Metier International, and as a mortgage bank recruiter with Hunter Search before entering St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa.

He was ordained May 18, 1991, by Arlington Bishop John R. Keating. His first assignment was as parochial vicar of St. Michael Church in Annandale (1991-95).

Father Hathaway served as parochial vicar of St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Clifton (1995-99) and the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington (1999-00). He was pastor of St. John the Beloved Church in McLean (2000-05); St. John the Baptist Church in Front Royal (2005-07); and St. Veronica Church in Chantilly (2007-2015), and also served as pastor for St. Mary Church in Alexandria.

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