A Dad is Born

Finally, a week by-week Catholic guide for expecting dads.  During pregnancy, as a mom and baby experience their own transformation, A Dad is Born: A Week-by-Week Guide Preparing Your Heart, Mind, & Soul for Fatherhood, invites soon-to-be-fathers to explore a spiritual conversion of the heart. Each week presents dad with an opportunity to reflect on scripture, a short meditation, and directed prayers related to the growth of their child in mom’s womb. Topics also focus on the soon-to-be dad’s vocation, their own mother and father figures, their relationship with God and with the larger world. At the conclusion of each week, dad is invited to write a short “love note” to capture their thoughts and prayers up until their child is born. Dad may choose to share these first reflections with their child later in life or keep them in the silence of his heart, revisiting them when needed. Echoing words of wisdom from spiritual leaders and personal experiences of faith, the author accompanies the dad-to-be on this amazing journey, inviting reflection, introspection, and focus, all with the goal of forming the Catholic dad to be who his family and the world requires.