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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton

Ginny Kochis

Ginny Kochis is a Catholic wife and homeschooling mom to three differently-wired children. She founded the Not So Formulaic community to support Catholic moms raising out-of-the-box kids. Ginny believes God gives curious, creative, intense children the exact mother they need to thrive.

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Catholic Faith  |  Daily Family Prayer  |  family life

24 Ideas for Family Prayer Time

If your family prayer time feels more chaotic than cultivated, take heart and don't give up. Here are 24 ideas for family prayer time from Catholic moms just like you. Let's be real for a minute here. Family prayer time does not look like a scene from the St. Joseph Picture Books. Aside from the fact that no one is wearing plaid pajamas or brown bell bottoms, praying with children is not always the peaceful, angelic scene a book might depict. Most of the time I've got one kiddo chewing a wooden rosary, one hanging upside down from the couch, and one surreptitiously drawing in her notebook while my husband and I work to stay awake through decade number five.

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Marriage  |  family life  |  sacrament of marriage

Five Ideas for Refreshing Your Marriage in a Weekend

Certain things in life are easy. Finishing off that pint of ice cream. Scrolling through your Facebook feed. Giving the kids screen time so they’ll stop asking you five million questions. Clearly, these are choices along the path of least resistance. Most days, they take zero effort or thought. And then there’s your marriage: the foundation of the vocation chosen by God. There’s no easy button for prioritizing the covenant you entered before God and your loved ones.

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CatholicMom

5 Ways to Own Your Catholic Heritage

Asked to share details of her heritage, Ginny Kochis considered the inheritance of the Faith passed down through the generations.

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CatholicMom

5 Simple Ways to Refresh Your Marriage in a Weekend

Prioritizing your marriage isn't easy. Ginny Kochis details how you can restore order to the promise of your love.

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