Teaching Children How to P.R.A.Y.
Praise, Repent, Ask, and You
CLAIRE MCGARRY
What should I pray for?” my six-year-old daughter, Jocelyn, leaned over and asked as we knelt down in...
We Gather To Pray: Prayers for Times of Trouble or Sadness
When tragedy strikes, Catholicism shines
MARC CARDARONELLA
There’s no avoiding it. No matter who you are or where you live, at some point you will have...
Advice from the Psalms: 3 Steps for Teens Searching for Purpose
BY BINTA M. PAYE
Have you ever wondered why you were born, or what you will be doing 10 years from now? Maybe your interests...
Classroom of Compassion
Three ingredients that foster warmth and support
CARRIE SOUKUP
A sweet boy in my fourth-grade class turned to his classmates for prayer. “My mom has cancer.”...
We Gather To Pray: An Advent Prayer Service
Pray with the four themes of the season
MARC CARDARONELLA
The catechetical challenge for Advent is that it’s not Christmas, but everyone around us acts like...
A Setting-the-Table Blessing
Here is a Setting the Table Blessing for use with your students or to send home for family use.
Bless this table, Lord, where we...
Have You Seen a Burning Bush Lately?
by Mary McEntee McGill
Today’s prayer will focus on Moses’ discovery of a bush that is burning—a bush that burns but is not consumed...
Teaching the Lord’s Prayer: “Lead us not into temptation…”
JAMES BLANKENSHIP
And when he came to the place he said to them, "Pray that you may not enter into temptation." – Luke 22:40
People, by...
Five-Finger Glove Prayer Craft
Get to the heart of prayer with this prayer prompt.
SARA JONCKHEERE
Pope Francis gave us a simple way to pray for five different categories of...
End-of-the-Year Prayer Ideas
Sending them forth
JARED DEES
The ends of each of the Gospels are really just the beginning. In Matthew 28, for example, Jesus sends forth his...