THE LAST TRIBE
The Mission
Sharing the treasures of the Catholic faith to help build strong marriages and resilient families
Peace, love, and blessings!
Sandra and Paul here to welcome you to The Last Tribe!
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The Tribe.
We’ve envisioned The Last Tribe to be a spiritual refuge for those who are seeking to live out the Catholic faith in their marriage, whether you are a seasoned Catholic, new to the Church (welcome home!), beginning again as we did, or simply intrigued about the faith. Regardless of where you are in the journey, it’s challenging! Living faithfully brings the fulfillment our hearts yearn for, but it is a life in opposition to the world, so naturally it comes with its ups and downs! So we wanted to share with you the treasures and gifts we found in the Catholic faith that have nourished us and others on this journey. We pray that through The Tribe, these treasures and gifts may help to strengthen and fortify your journeys and your current and future marriages and families too!
Most recently added resource:
The Why.
Substance abuse, traumas, pornography addiction, sexual assaults, depression, anxiety, deep loneliness, being suicidal, lack of self-worth, gender identity disorder - just a few of the experiences we each had prior to knowing each other. Though we were both raised Catholic, each of our life journeys slowly drew us away from the Church. Individually, we tried different ways to cope, heal, and break out of our cycles, but it wasn’t until the great 2020 COVID shut-down did we begin journeying back to God in more intentional ways. Now as a married couple (MIRACLE!), raising our first child (ANOTHER MIRACLE!), we continue our journey of unveiling the gifts God desires to give us through the Church. We now want more than ever to share the treasures we’ve found and continue to find for we feel they are the foundations of strong, resilient, long-lasting marriages and families.
Though the list can go on, some of the treasures we’ve discovered are:
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Helped us to not be afraid of God by recognizing that the Church was built because of our brokenness and through it, God gets in the middle of our messiness (as He desires) to love us back together again, no matter how messy.
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Sewn in us the confidence to get married and become a family, even if the future seemingly looks bleak, because of our deeper understanding of the importance, beauty, and purpose of the sacrament of marriage and family life.
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Revealed the truth behind life’s trials and sufferings – allowing us to accept the ones that do come (and grow in strength, perseverance, and patience) and avoid making decisions that will cause ones that are unnecessary.
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Re-directed our desires of money, prestige, pride, etc. to a deep trust in God as the provider of our needs, which has brought us financial stability (for the first time ever in our lives!) and peaceful acceptance of the present, void of the ‘we need more’ feeling.
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Taught us how to discern life choices not to please others but to please God, which makes decision-making as a couple SO MUCH more peaceful.
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If you’d like to share the treasures you’ve found in the Catholic faith here, click the button below to submit your statement(s)!
The Nature Theme.
You’ll come to notice a reoccurring theme of nature for The Tribe. We did this intentionally, to reflect where our beginning again journeys began - out in nature. We both reconnected with God by spending more time in nature and continue to find it a special place to encounter God’s love. And fittingly so! Nature is the entry point for many to encounter God’s Divine Presence, followed by in the goodness and love of human beings, then the contemplation of Jesus Christ, and finally in the presence of Jesus Himself in prayer. (Christ versus Satan in our Daily Lives by Robert Spitzer, Pgs. 81-83)
Sandra is also a climate adaptation scientist and feels that it’s important for these upcoming generations of families and children to re-learn what it means to be good stewards of sister Earth. By reshaping our relationship with nature, taking notes from our indigenous brothers and sisters and traditional ways of living, we can raise families and wise children that will be able to thrive, even if times get tough (scarce resources, shortages, supply chain issues, etc.). Here is an article Sandra wrote that takes a dive into her career journey and how faith plays a roll as we adapt to the changes in our environment.
We came to know of this amazing Christian physician through a recent podcast (below) with Lila Rose about the truth about IVF and fertility as a whole. Once a conventional fertility doctor, Dr. Rubal now advocates and provides services for integrative fertility to administer to issues such as infertility after experiencing and realizing the gravity of the physical, emotional and spiritual impacts and consequences of conventional fertility ‘troubleshooting’ methods.