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The celebration of Advent begins today—a holy season of deep reflection and preparation for you and your family, and our worldwide Church. Discover the invaluable gift of prayer this Advent season! Delve deeper into the treasury of Catholic traditions of prayer with Family Rosary!Please visit FamilyRosary.org each week for new resources!
Prepare Your Heart and Home
A beautiful way to start your family's journey is with an Advent wreath. Don't know much about Advent wreaths or what they symbolize in our faith? Download the eBook, read it together with the family, and then enjoy the experience of making one of your own!
Share Your Advent Wreath on Instagram
Be sure to tag @FamilyRosary and use the hashtag #FamilyRosaryWreath. We'll be resharing your photos into our Instagram stories! We'd also love to know how you incorporate the Advent wreath into your family's celebration.
Follow Family Rosary daily on Instagram and/or Facebook for daily inspirational quotes from the Saints on the meaning and joy of Christmas!
Family Activity Advent Calendar
Setting aside time to be together as a family strengthens our love for God and each other, especially at this busy time of the year. This activity calendar offers a suggested simple family activity for each day, Sunday, December 3, the first day of Advent, through Wednesday, January 17.
Ave Maria Press Presents...
In week one of the Prepare Your Heart Advent journal, Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR, invites us to focus on the town of Nazareth during the time of Jesus. Nazareth was a small and ordinary town in the first century, but he reminds us that holiness happens in the ordinary. It is in the daily gift of ourselves to Jesus and one another that holiness happens—that our hearts and lives are transformed.
Each day of Prepare Your Heart includes daily meditations on a passage from Scripture, reflection questions, prayer, and space for journaling and notetaking.
Prepare Your Heart features stunning original art by Valerie Delgado of Pax.Valerie. Free weekly companion videos, a downloadable discussion guide, and other resources at AveMariaPress.com make this book perfect for parishwide, individual, and book club use leading up to Christmas. The book, videos, leader’s guide, and family guide are available in Spanish as well.
Look for the Prepare Your Heart videos each Sunday in Advent, as well as Christmas Day, here on CatholicMom.com at 10 AM Eastern.
Ask for Prepare Your Heart at your local Catholic bookstore, or order from Amazon.com or Ave Maria Press. Bulk discounts are available for your parish, book club, or prayer group when you purchase the book from Ave Maria Press.