A Debt-Free Family of 16: Domestic Prudence or Distraction from the Supernatural Battle?
National Catholic Register portal reports on the Fatzinger family, parents of 14 children, who claim to live debt-free in one of the most expensive metropolitan areas in the United States. Their advice, drawn from a book published by Ave Maria Press, focuses on frugality, saving, and avoiding debt to achieve “financial freedom.” While the article presents a model of domestic prudence, it entirely omits the supernatural realities that should govern a Catholic family’s life, reducing the faith to a matter of budgetary management and naturalistic self-help.




