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About Trey and Stephanie Cashion

William R. “Trey” Cashion III, M.T.S. & Stephanie Cashion, MSW

Co-Founders of Mystery of Parenthood.com

Trey and Stephanie focus their speaking and writing on helping people connect their faith with their lives – as spouses, as parents, etc. – through the practical, concrete application of the Catholic Faith into those areas. They attempt to connect God’s vision for humanity – “man being fully alive” - with their own personal lives through the practical, every day application of Church teaching on Sacraments, Morality, and Prayer.

Trey and Stephanie enjoy speaking together on the sacrament of marriage and particularly on parenting. They currently host a weekly, live, call-in radio show called Mystery of Parenthood that airs on Wednesdays from 1-2 PM on 88.5FM KEDC radio in the Bryan College Station area. It can also be listened to online at www.redcradio.com. Recordings of the show can be accessed via their blog or via podcast. Their mission is to encourage and empower couples to rediscover the mystery of marriage, parenting, and family life and to recommit to living that mystery with strength, courage and enthusiasm.

The Cashions are parishioners of St. Mary's Catholic Church in College Station. Trey and Stephanie have been married for 24 years and have six children – Treivor, Madison, Greyson, and the triplets – Kolbe, Kennedy, and Kingsley.

Four Attitudes of Evangelical Parenthood: A Non-Judgmental Warmth and Welcome

Published April 10, 2014 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: ACNM, Column

Judge not, that you be not judged (Matthew 7:1) The last attitude of evangelism laid out by Pope Francis is a non-judgmental warmth and welcome.  As parents, our children need to know that we love them regardless of what they do.  They need to know that they can come to us about anything and that they… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published April 10, 2014

Four Attitudes of Evangelical Parenthood: Patience – Part 4

Published March 13, 2014 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

The third attitude of evangelical parenthood is patience.  As we write this, we’ve just returned from a stint at the grocery store – one that we thought was going to be 30 minutes.  An hour and a half later, we’ve just put up the last of the groceries.  And …. where are/were our children?  Somewhere… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published March 13, 2014

Four Attitudes of Evangelical Parenthood: Readiness for Dialogue – Part 3

Published March 2, 2014 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

The second attitude of Evangelical Parenthood lies in a readiness for dialogue.  All too often, as a parent, we can be “preachy”.  That is, we desire to control any conversation to the extent that there may be a difference of opinion or lack of time.  We, some of us more than others, really need to… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published March 2, 2014

Four Attitudes of Evangelical Parenthood: Approachability – Part 2

Published February 13, 2014 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

In order to answer our parental vocation to evangelize our children, Pope Francis says we must be approachable to our kids.  We must develop and cultivate an attitude of approachability.  As a parent, you want your children coming to you to ask difficult questions, right?!  After all, if they don’t come to you, to whom… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published February 13, 2014

Four Attitudes of Evangelical Parenthood

Published January 30, 2014 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

Parents are called to evangelize their children – to be evangelical parents.  Yet, all too frequently many of us fail to answer the call to share the “Good News” with them because we never preach the Gospel to our children.  We leave that to the priest in the Sunday homily or the religious education teacher… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published January 30, 2014

Are You the “Disciplinarian” in Your Family?

Published January 16, 2014 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

The description of someone as a “disciplinarian” carries certain connotations.  Typically, the “disciplinarian” in the family is considered to be the person who administers punishment, who is considered the more strict of the parents.  You may remember when you were a child hearing your mother say (after disobeying her or talking back) something along the… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published January 16, 2014

The Giver and the Gift: A New Year’s Resolution

Published January 4, 2014 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: ACNM, Column

Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights – James 1:17 A little over 40 years ago, my mom taught me a lesson that I will never forget: The giver of a gift is always more important than the gift itself.  I believe that it was either… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published January 4, 2014

Pope Francis, Parenthood, and Relationship

Published December 19, 2013 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

  The end of our parenting should be to build relationships with our children.  Without a relationship, teaching, questioning, admitting, and giving example – the topics addressed in the previous columns – become less effective.  This is part of the point the Pope Francis has been trying to make with regard to dealing with people… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published December 19, 2013

Part 5 of 6 – Pope Francis, Teaching, and Parenthood

Published December 5, 2013 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

As with previous Popes, Francis teaches.  It’s his job so to speak.  As parents, we also are called to be the first and primary teachers, the “first heralds” of the faith to our children.  We can learn a great deal about fulfilling that role by watching him do his job.  In order to help us… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published December 5, 2013

Part 4 of 6 – Pope Francis, Parenthood, and the Importance of Admission

Published November 21, 2013 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

By knowing how to acknowledge their own failings to their children, parents will be better able to guide and correct them. (Cathechism of the Catholic Church, 2223) Early in his pontificate, Pope Francis has given parents yet another tip  – admitting our failings to our children.  One of the common themes of Pope Francis has… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published November 21, 2013

Part 3 of 6 – Pope Francis, Parenthood, and Questions

Published November 7, 2013 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: ACNM, Column

  Another important tool for parents that we have learned from Pope Francis is the use of questions in our parenting.  In his interview with an atheist, when asked a question, Pope Francis responded with a question on several occasions.  We, as parents, can learn from this.  Questions are frequently the best response initially to… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published November 7, 2013

Pope Francis and Parenting by Example – Part 2 of 6

Published October 24, 2013 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: ACNM, Column

Parents have a grave responsibility to give good example to their children.  (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2223) From the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has led by example.  He has put flesh on the message, so to speak.  He as our “Papa” has taken ideas, concepts, and truths and concretely put them into… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published October 24, 2013

5 Things Pope Francis Can Teach Parents About Parenthood – Part 1 of 6

Published October 9, 2013 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

Pope Francis has taught us quite a bit about parenthood.  In word and deed and in just the first six months as “Papa”, his words and his actions have taught us and can teach any parent something about raising children.  Today, we’d like to share some of what we’ve learned from him and to challenge… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published October 9, 2013

New Evangelization, Reality TV, and Parenting

Published September 26, 2013 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

Effective parenting calls for new ways of communicating the Faith to children. In essence, parents must answer the call to the New Evangelization in their own homes with their own children.  As parents, we’re called to find ways in every day life to convey the truths of the faith in ways that, perhaps, are a… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published September 26, 2013

Signs of Contradiction

Published September 12, 2013 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

Three Persons, One God. 100% God, yet 100% man. To save your life, you must lose it. The first shall be last, and the last shall be first. Christianity is full of seeming contradictions. Life is full of contradictions. The Christian must be comfortable with these apparent contradictions. In fact, part of the mystery of… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published September 12, 2013

The Mystery of Parenthood: God’s Vulnerability

Published August 29, 2013 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

    Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and as innocent as doves. (Matthew 10:16) We’ve been contemplating this concept of the mystery of parenthood for years – the idea of living parenthood with a heightened sacramental sense.  We’ve attempted to be outward, visible signs… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published August 29, 2013

Parenthood, Faith, and Mystery

Published August 15, 2013 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

  In reality, it is only in the mystery of the Word made flesh that the mystery of man truly becomes clear … Christ the Lord, Christ the new Adam, in the very revelation of the mystery of the Father and of His love, fully reveals man to himself…He, who is the “image of the… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published August 15, 2013

Setting Your Family Ablaze – Part 5 of 5 – Evangelization

Published August 1, 2013 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

The last key to setting your family ablaze is to embrace the call to evangelization, “that is, the proclamation of Christ by word and testimony of life” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 905).  For most Catholics, this seems to be the hardest one to embrace.  Faith and Integration, the first two keys, can be done… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published August 1, 2013

Setting Your Family Ablaze – Relationships – Part 4 of 5

Published July 18, 2013 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

Relationships must be cultivated if we are to set our families ablaze and begin to change this culture.  Relationships are the third necessary piece to the puzzle of transforming our families.  For them to flourish, three elements, properly understood, must consciously and actively be made present in our families through the parents.  As with all… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published July 18, 2013

Setting Your Family Ablaze – Integration – Part 3 of 5

Published July 4, 2013 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

“There cannot be two parallel lives in [the Christian’s] existence on the one hand, the so-called “spiritual” life, with its values and demands; and on the other, the so-called “secular” life that is life in a family, at work, in social relationships, in the responsibilities of public life and in culture… Therefore, I have maintained… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published July 4, 2013

Four Keys to Setting Our Families Ablaze – Part 2 of 5 – Faith

Published June 20, 2013 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen … And without faith it is impossible to please Him.  For whoever would draw near to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him” (Hebrews 11:1,6)   If our families are to be set… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published June 20, 2013

Four Keys to Setting Our Families Ablaze – Part 1 of 5

Published June 6, 2013 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled! (Luke 12:49) Jesus desired then, and He desires now that a fire be kindled on earth.  Today, as much as at any time before in history, we as Catholics, as Christians, must take these words to heart.  We must “rekindle… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published June 6, 2013

The Mystery of Parenthood

Published May 23, 2013 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

Fifteen years ago at St. Mary’s in College Station, I walked down the stairs with my then 3 year old son.  What happened on those stairs opened my eyes and subsequently my wife’s eyes to the fact that parenthood does more for the parents than it ever does for the children.   On that stairway, our… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published May 23, 2013

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