{"id":5063,"date":"2023-10-11T16:19:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T16:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/?p=5063"},"modified":"2023-10-12T12:33:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T12:33:06","slug":"actor-peter-facinelli-discusses-sharing-his-faith-with-his-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2023\/10\/actor-peter-facinelli-discusses-sharing-his-faith-with-his-children.html","title":{"rendered":"Actor Peter Facinelli Discusses Sharing His Faith With His Children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For Peter Facinelli, fatherhood informs his life on and off-screen. The actor co-directs and stars in the new film \u201cOn Fire,\u201d portraying a father trying to help his family survive a deadly forest fire. As a father of four, Facinelli immediately clicked with the character. He told Fox News Digital, \u201cIt was a lot of using my imagination to imagine what it would be like to have to survive this harrowing experience. And when your family\u2019s life is on the line, you know, what would that be like?\u201d<\/p>\n

Facinelli shares three daughters, Luca, Lola and Fiona, with ex-wife Jennie Garth and recently welcomed a baby boy, Jack, with his partner Lily Anne Harrison. His daughter with Garth are mostly grown, but the former couple still work together to co-parent. He said, \u201cWe have adult kids now, so in that sense, it becomes a different partnership. It becomes about communicating.\u201d He continued, \u201cOur youngest daughter does one week at my house and one week at her house. And we touch base with each other. She\u2019s in high school, so it requires being able to make sure we set boundaries at our houses that we\u2019re both in agreement on. So, communication, I think, is important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another essential element in Facinelli\u2019s life is\u00a0his faith.\u00a0The \u201cTwilight\u201d star grew up Catholic and still follows a spiritual practice he passes on to his kids. He joked, \u201cI think my youngest daughter, she\u2019s kind of studying a lot of different religions. And, you know, they all kind of, in a weird way, are all kind of saying the same thing, you know, don\u2019t kill their neighbor, but they all fight over who\u2019s the best.\u201d<\/p>\n