You lock the door at night. You'd never let a stranger sleep in your kid's room. Fr. Carter Griffin says the phone on the nightstand pulls off exactly that trick, and almost nobody notices.
He's a seminary rector, a Princeton convert, a former Navy officer, and the author of Forming Families, Forming Saints. Fifteen years forming future priests has taught him precisely what makes a soul strong and what quietly hollows one out. The same forces are working on your kids right now.
Direct, practical, and genuinely useful. Bring a notebook.
What you'll hear:
- The four dimensions of formation, and how to run them at home without a theology degree
- Why a phone before virtue is the single riskiest thing a lot of good parents do without blinking
- What destroys a vocation, and why the same thing is coming for your children
- How to build a home where kids get excited about their calling instead of anxious
- Why risk, struggle, and failure aren't threats to your child. They're the engine.
- What still gives this rector real hope after fifteen years in the trenches
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**Fr. Carter Griffin**
Rector, St. John Paul II Seminary
Author, Forming Families, Forming Saints
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