The Story of Salvation
JO ANN PARADISE
The first temptation in the garden is the voice of the snake telling Eve that she can be more than God created...
A Gift for Baby Jesus
VICKI PAVALKO
With the help of catechist Vicki Pavalko, third graders at St. Nicholas Church in Struthers, OH, wrap their Advent good deeds up into...
Prepare Your Hearts — An Advent Prayer Service
SISTER JENADA FANETTI, SDS
In this prayer service, Jeremiah, Ruth, and John the Baptist come to life and share their stories to urge children to...
A Jesse Tree Craft Swap
REBECCA RYSKIND TETI
One of the nicest traditions to emerge from the quest for appropriate family devotions during Advent is the practice of putting up...
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...
Celebrating Saints: Padre Pio—Sept. 23
Feast Day: September 23
Yes You Can—Teach About the Holy Spirit: The Spirit Poured Out
The power of Pentecost and birth of the Church
LYNN WEHNER
This year we have reflected on the path that the early disciples traveled as the...
Yes You Can—Teach About the Holy Spirit: Boldness in the Spirit
Moving from fearful to fearless
LYNN WEHNER
Boldness. It is perhaps in this quality that we see the most dramatic transformation of the
apostles after they received...
Living the Liturgical Year: Holy Thursday
We remember the Last Supper
CONNIE CLARK
Would you wash your best friend’s feet? Hmmm. But Jesus did that for his friends. And once a year,...
Fasting and Feasting – a prayer service for Lent
Marc Cardaronella
Lent is a time of fasting. But it can also be more: Lent can be a time of feasting — on positive spiritual...
