Lenten Practices
A Family Together - February 2012
Crafts for Catechesis: Seven Sacraments Stained-Glass Window
JESSICA GORDON
This fun and colorful craft provides an excellent opportunity to teach children more about the sacraments instituted by Jesus Christ and how they...
Advent Journey to Christmas
One of the loveliest images of Joseph is of him leading a donkey that is carrying Mary who is pregnant with Jesus. They are traveling from their home in Nazareth to Bethlehem. The journey made by Joseph and Mary may hold more spiritual gold and meaning than the census that caused it.
‘That He May Raise Them Up and Save Them’
Help students discover the beauty of the Anointing of the Sick
LYNN WEHNER
The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is about healing, renewal, and...
Holy Days
A Family Together October 2011
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...
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...
6 Family Board Games to Play Under Quarantine (that aren’t Monopoly or Candyland)
JONATHAN F. SULLIVAN
Board games have seen a renaissance in the last 20 years. Fueled by games from other countries, where board gaming is a...
Advice from a Master Catechist: Student-Friendly Mini-Pilgrimages
What age-appropriate activities might you suggest before, during, or after we take our seventh-grade class to make a mini-pilgrimage to a Marian shrine near...
The Gift of Jesus
A prayer service for First Communion families
DEANNA BARTALINI
The Eucharist is central to our faith. All our life flows out of our receiving the Body...
