Merridith Frediani Archives

The Flying Novena Works Again

By Merridith Frediani|2023-01-17T10:59:14-06:00Jan 18, 2023|Columns, Family|

Real Life. Real Faith. The Frediani family outside the gates of Bratislava Castle in Slovakia. (Submitted photo) [...]

Real Life. Real Faith. I want to gather every parent I know and yell, “YOU GUYS! THIS [...]

By Merridith Frediani|2022-03-16T08:39:57-05:00Mar 16, 2022|Columns, Family|

Real Life. Real Faith. My opponent was fierce and formidable. As the conference defensive player of the [...]

By Merridith Frediani|2022-01-27T08:29:11-06:00Jan 28, 2022|Catholic Family, Columns|

Real Life. Real Faith. I love having teenagers. People often look at me as if I’m a [...]

By Merridith Frediani|2021-11-03T14:29:27-05:00Nov 5, 2021|Columns, Family|

Real Life. Real Faith. I sat in a grade school gym on a winter Saturday afternoon. I [...]

By Larry Hanson|2021-09-29T13:16:29-05:00Sep 29, 2021|Entertainment, Local|

Merridith Frediani has a couple of things she would like readers of her first book, “Draw Close to [...]

By Merridith Frediani|2021-09-15T15:10:14-05:00Sep 17, 2021|Columns, Family|

Real Life. Real Faith. I was chatting with a neighbor the other day and noticed that as [...]

By Merridith Frediani|2021-03-01T15:32:45-06:00Mar 2, 2021|Columns, Family|

Real Life. Real Faith. I was painting a bathroom and it was supremely gratifying. I stepped back [...]

By Merridith Frediani|2021-01-19T15:43:23-06:00Jan 19, 2021|Columns, Family|

Real Life Real Faith Usually, the hello precedes the goodbye. I have noticed as a parent that [...]

By Merridith Frediani|2020-10-29T15:01:54-05:00Oct 29, 2020|Columns, Family|

Real Life, Real Faith They sat, almost sullenly, in a loose circle, masked up, eyes cast down. [...]