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The holiday season can be filled with warm happy families and smiling couples. Yet even during the holiday season domestic violence does not take a break. According to the National Institute of Justice "financial strain and unemployment" can impact rates and severity of intimate partner violence. In addition, escalation of alcohol consumption can create the perfect tsunami for increased stress and unrestrained domestic abuse. Yet as we attend these festive celebrations we many times turn our heads away simply wishing the discomfort of hearing or seeing violent physical outbursts and abuse away. The violence does not slip away nor is...

CHIPPENHAM, England, AUG. 18, 2004 (Zenit.org).- A Benedictine oblate and father of four has discovered how to relate the guidelines of St. Benedict to his domestic church. Dwight Longenecker, an American-born author and broadcaster who has lived in England for more than 20 years, penned his application of the Rule of St. Benedict to family life in his book, "Listen My Son: St. Benedict for Fathers" (Morehouse). He shared with ZENIT how the wisdom of the father of religious life can help modern dads humbly guide their families and provide loving discipline. Q: Briefly, what are the main tenets of...