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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

A Lot To Offer: a recap of the recent Synod

A look at the Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment KATIE PREJEAN McGRADY I was in the midst of changing my four-month-old daughter’s...

Recommended: The Parish Emergency Kit + supplement on the abuse crisis

We never know when a tragedy might strike us locally, nationally, or globally. It might be the horror of a nearby school shooting, or...

Pray for Kanye: The Pressure of Public Conversion

Sometimes the news in the entertainment world needs commentary. Kanye West's recent conversion to Christianity is making news. Fr. Mike Schmitz, via Ascension Presents,...

Family Meditations for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Vigil

By Deanna Bartalini Editor's Note: A free downloadable printable of these meditations are available by clicking this link: Triduum Meditations for Families. Catechist 2020 The three days of...

Peace in Hard Times: A lesson for families

BY SUSIE LLOYD A beautiful woman travels the world giving talks about God. She talks to an average of 2,000 people per week. Why do so...

The Divine Praises – Sung by Matt Maher and Audrey Assad at WYD 2016

An easy version to sing along with... The Divine Praises sung by Matt Maher and Audrey Assad. Suitable for all ages, for prayer. Video is...

Outreach to the Unaffiliated (25-min. film)

This film, "Outreach to the Unaffiliated," is highly recommended. It was produced by the USCCB's Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis, and features an array...

The Inestimable Importance of Christian Families

An urgent and compelling catechetical mission PAT GOHN I find myself thinking of Jesus' birth, for nowhere else do I see the sublime place of families...

Gathering Song: “He is Risen, Alleluia” — for Childrens’ Liturgy of the Word (video)

Do you work with a children’s ministry or children’s liturgy of the Word? Here’s some gathering music from Miss Heidi and John Burland to...

It’s Okay Not to Know Everything

Top apologetics resources online SR. BRITTANY HARRISON, FMA My first day on the job as a novice catechist, I looked over my classroom of wiggly fifth-graders...