The Joyful Mysteries
A Family Together
Complete-A-Project Bible Search: On the Way to Emmaus
This Complete-A-Project Bible Search Activity is for teacher and students (grades 4-6) working together.
Celebrating Saint Julie Billiart
Witness to God's Love
Feast Day: April 8
How to Read, Reflect On, and Pray the Parables
Storytelling has always and everywhere been the main way to teach religious truth. Primal religions communicated their beliefs and outlooks almost exclusively through anecdotes, myths, and fables.
A Family Together: Who Said That?
A group activity for the family at home or your class family.
Why Saints?
Saints are found in every part of Catholic life. If we lose something we invoke St. Anthony.
Saint Christopher Seeks Jesus
There are many legends about St. Christopher (c. third century), but there is very little historical evidence of him.
Becoming a Beatitude Parish, School, and Neighborhood
The cultural norms that we see constantly glorified on TV, in movies, in popular music, and on YouTube and the internet are not making our jobs for creating a Beatitude community (culture) any easier.
Good Morning, Joe!
Hidden in the midst of March and surrounded by the purple of Lent is the feast of another Joe—St. Joseph. There is very little about St. Joseph in the Gospels. He is important to the Infancy Narratives—obviously. But much of the lore of St. Joseph comes from apocryphal writings and legend. We all have seen the statues and holy cards representing Joseph as an old man carrying a staff with lilies blooming from its top.
Prayer to St. Joseph, Our Guide and Protector
Prepare your prayer space with a table display that includes a Bible; a small flag of your country; a parish bulletin; a picture of St. Joseph or a hammer or other tool; a picture of the Holy Family; and a lighted candle. Divide your group into two. Group One will read the summary from Scripture, and Group Two will reflect on it. All will respond "St. Joseph, pray for us."
