Family and Vocation
Popular Instructions to Parents
On the Bringing Up of Children
- By Father Ferreol Girardey, C.Ss.R.
Fr. Ferreol Girardey, C.Ss.R., sets out the duties of Catholic parents from a child's earliest formation through schooling, vocation, and preparation for marriage.
- Source edition
- 1897
- Manualist edition
- August 2026
Popular Instructions to Parents follows the work of Catholic parenting from a child’s earliest formation through schooling, vocation, and preparation for marriage. Its eighteen chapters address faith and the fear of God, prayer, obedience, purity, correction, good example, watchfulness, prudence, and education.
The volume closes with prayers for parents and an appendix on Frederick II of Prussia and Christian education. First published in 1897, this Manualist Press edition has been newly typeset with a structured contents page.
Why this book
Fr. Girardey writes directly about the habits that strengthen or weaken a child's character, and about what parents owe their children at each stage.
Restoration note
This edition was newly typeset from the 1897 edition with a structured contents page and clear navigation for print and Kindle reading.
Source note
Newly typeset from the 1897 edition with a structured contents page.
