Walking With Jesus in Lent
by Jeanne Heiberg
After a long drive home following a weekend workshop at beautiful Lake George, NY, I dropped friends off at a train...
Lenten Practices
A Family Together - February 2012
Beyond Service Projects: Cultivating the Call to Care
We are born selfish. Psychologists call it "egocentricity," and it's a good thing. It enables infants to get their needs met—for hunger to be satisfied, for thirst to be slaked.
Celebrating Saint Scholastica
Dedicated to God
Feast Day: February 10
Advice from Master Catechists—February 2012
How can our class fast together during Lent?
How is having students pray at home as part of a lesson on prayer a good idea, a bad idea?
Complete-A-Project Bible Search: Faith Shows in Good Works
This Complete-A-Project Bible Search activity is for teacher and students (grades 4-6) working together.
Roots and Wings: Helping Students Understand and Celebrate the Sacraments
Generations of Catholics grew up learning by rote the Baltimore Catechism definition of a Sacrament: "an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace."
Sacraments and Strength
In early January we often take the time to consider ways for self-improvement.
Celebrating Saint…John Neumann
Served Others
Feast day: January 5
Understanding Sacraments with Poetry
Some of the most important things in our lives are things that we cannot see. Using poetry can help us grasp the invisible treasures of the Sacraments.
