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Catechetical Sunday 2016: Learning to Pray

“I know how to say prayers but I’m not sure I know how to pray.” I have heard this from catechists, teachers, and parents over the years. Distinguishing between prayers and...

Hope for a Better World: Junior High Online Retreat

Download a special retreat designed to help young people understand the seven themes of Catholic social teaching and how to integrate these into their lives. The retreat,...

Praying with a Happy Heart; A Prayer Service Inspired by the Beatitudes

When parents and catechists are asked what they want from their children, their response might include a desire for the children’s happiness. We often strive for our own and...

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Celebrating Freedom

The more media I am exposed to, the more I appreciate the Cardinal Virtues. While justice is always a timely pursuit, the other three virtues – prudence, temperance, and...

A Summer Day Prayer Experience

Download this prayer experience for catechists or parents to use with children on a summer day. If possible, have umbrellas on hand to use as props!

Spiritual Practices: Visio Divina

A few months ago, our children gave Ron and me a weekend at the beautiful Broadmoor hotel. Located at the base of the foothills in Colorado Springs, this five-star resort is...

Lectio Divina Catholic Practice; The Spiritual Art of Sacred Listening

“For haphazard reading, constantly varied and as if lighted on by chance does not edify but makes the mind unstable; taken into the memory lightly, it goes out from it even...

Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a Prayer for Peacemakers

“…Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....

Printable Catholic Christmas Prayer Service: Celebration of Peace

The coming of Jesus at Christmas brings light, love, and peace into our lives. Share with students a Celebration of Peace Catholic Christmas Prayer Service, including...

Praying the “O Antiphons”

The “O Antiphons” are a tradition of prayer during a period of time known as the Octave of Advent. Thus, they begin on December 17th and continue through the 23rd. The seven...

Prayer for Kindness Prayer Cards

These days, that dark side is on display far too often. Incivility has risen to new levels as political compromise and honest debate fade into oblivion. The hideous comments...

Saints Louis and Zelie Martin

The recent canonization of Louis and Zelie Martin, parents of Saint Therese of Lisieux, is an extraordinary event. It is the first time the Church has bestowed sainthood on a...

A Catholic Family Prayer Service in Honor of the World Meeting of Families

Next week, Philadelphia will host Catholic families from across the globe and His Holiness, Pope Francis, at the 2015 World Meeting of Families. The World Meeting of Families...

Starting the Religious Education Year with a Cooperation Prayer

With the start of the new school year, take time to reflect on how the virtues and values can enhance your classrooms and curriculum. One value to discuss with students at...

Prayer for New School Year Prayer Cards

As student, teacher, catechetical leader, and consultant, the start of the school year represents a time of new beginnings. Possibilities lie on the horizon as we are...

Prayer for a Pentecost Tongue

We celebrate the feast of Pentecost as the “capper” to the Easter season. It affirms who we are as the Church – the People of God called to spread the news far and wide of...

Blessing for a Mother's Voice

With Mother's Day approaching, I thought to make my prayer of the week one that can be gifted to mothers for their own personal prayer. Last week I spent time reading through...

Easter Prayer Service

Are you looking for a great way to celebrate the Easter season with your students? Download a seasonal prayer service to help introduce Easter to the students you teach. The...

Living Our Catholic Faith: Preserving Positive Energy

When I go through the security line at the airport, I don’t expect much in the way of interaction between me and the agent checking my credentials. Last week was an...

The Gift of Grandparents

I wish I had listened more to my grandmother. She died when I was nineteen and she was well into her nineties. By then she had ceased most of her storytelling and was...

Epiphany Prayer Service

One of the feasts we celebrate during the Christmas season is the Feast of the Epiphany. Epiphany is celebrated on the Second Sunday after Christmas. During this feast, we...

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