What Catholics Should Know About the Liturgical Calendar – Lent and Easter
By Donna Frasier
The Liturgical calendar, especially during Lent and Easter, invites individuals and families to form stronger bonds between themselves and God. We should...
Saint Bingo
by Virginia Prisco
for 15 saint biographies you might want to use for Saint Bingo.
Saints are men and women who were remarkable in...
Penance and Reconciliation
Grace-filled moments of encounter and union with God
MARC CARDARONELLA
Penance and Reconciliation: It’s also known as confession, as well as the sacrament of conversion and...
Mind, Heart, and Hands: Craft and Prayer Service
When teachers I recruited and trained in an upstate New York district gave me a pendant made up of many triangles, I knew they got my message. I had frequently spoken of a "triangle" approach to religious education that reached the whole child: mind, heart, and hands.
Saint Marianne Cope of Molokai
If you'd like a patron saint for when you're slacking off, look no further than the newly canonized Franciscan sister of Syracuse, New York: St. Marianne Cope (1838-1918; canonized October 21, 2012; feast day, January 23). She is famous for nursing lepers in Hawaii after St. Damien caught the disease, but there's much more. Sister Marianne's stamina and dedication were remarkable. And she was a catechist--one who believed that the gospel in action speaks louder than words.
Pflaum Gospel Weeklies— a Perfect Fit for Eucharistic Revival!
By Erika Ramos De Urquidi
After learning the results of a 2019 Pew Research Center survey which found that only one-third of U.S. Catholics believe...
Living the Liturgical Year: Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7
A Victory —Thanks to Mary
CONNIE CLARK
You know that on feast days we celebrate saints’ birthdays and other events such as Jesus’ baptism. But have...
Prayers for Peace
A Prayer Attributed to St. Francis
Lord, make us instruments of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let us sow love;
where there is injury,...
Ambrose and the King’s Treasure
A Story by Therese L. Salazar
Illustrated by Bernadette M. Baca
Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Esdraelon there lived a young man...
Connecting Faith and Summertime Dreaming
The last session of the learning year can reveal a disconnect between what you are ready to offer as a concluding review and what your students seem most interested in doing—daydreaming about their summertime fun. Connecting faith and summertime fun becomes less of a challenge—and can even be fun—when you meet your students where they are by using their summertime dreaming as a backdrop for your final class session.
