It is the correct thing:
-- For both (husband and wife) to "bear and forbear" with each other.
-- To remember that a home without God cannot long be a happy one.
-- For every room in the house to be as attractive in its way as the parlor.
-- To have family prayers in common where possible.
-- To be punctilious about saying grace before meals, and returning thanks afterward.
-- To let no unpleasant subject ever be broached at table.
-- For a Christian "to eat to live, not live to eat".
-- For a Catholic to serve Friday fare on Friday, no matter who is expected to dine.
-- To have a crucifix in every bedroom.
-- To have Catholic engravings or paintings in the parlors as well as in bedrooms.
-- To celebrate both the birthdays and the feasts of the patron saints of the several members of the family . . .
-- Leila Hardin Bugg,
The Correct Thing for Catholics
