I've known Charles J. Sauber, We Cousins Company founder, for 44 years. God and family are the heartbeat of his life.  Bringing both together is behind every product and service offered by the company.  From his experience as a parent, Mr. Sauber knows that family is the setting in which children best learn what it means to be human--to have healthy relationships, to experience affirmation and challenge, to value self-respect as the price of self-esteem.  But if God's presence is not felt in a home, the children will be left in a secular setting, deprived of the one relationship that matters most: their relationship with God.

 

It's not enough to have holy pictures and religious symbols on the walls.  These signs of faith have to enter into the everyday lives of a family, into a Christian culture that celebrates God's love.  Here is where the We Cousins Company provides vital support with its foundational message: God Always Loves Us!  That's the absolute truth and an assurance that every child must have, lest God become an object of manipulation rather than a God who cares and who lifts us out of self-interest into union through Jesus in the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, the Fire of Divine Love.  The "confidence coin," with its heart, dove, and two inscriptions, is a reminder that we are not meant to be consumers but ambassadors of God's love-- being Christ in the world today.  It's a great gift for young and old alike.

 

Fr. Vincent T. Freeh, MSC
Missionary of the Sacred Heart
Canton, Ohio