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Robert Laird is senior counsel to the president of The Cardinal Newman Society, which promotes and defends faithful Catholic education.
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Reviving the lost art of reading in Catholic homes

June 24, 2021 Robert Laird 3

My family has always had an assortment of books around the house for our children, and now for our grandchildren as well. Fond memories recur when I hear the grandchildren squeal with delight, as they […]

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