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

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Advent  |  Christmas Season  |  Holy lives of inspiration  |  patron saints

Preserving the Saint Nicholas Spirit in Christmas

Every culture seems to have manifested its own celebration of Saint Nicholas’ popular feast day on December 6th. From presents to persecution for sins, the evolution of the feast has changed from a day of homage paid a holy man to a secular rabbit hole of pagan and mythical traditions.

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Advent  |  family prayer  |  pray the rosary

Praying Together Staying Together

In 2021, a Filipino-American family, the Asidors, produced a song that came to be known globally as the “Family Prayer Song.” The song has so far garnered 5.2 million views on YouTube. The Asidors family comprised of the Dad-Winner Asidors, the Mom-Shen Asidors, and their four children Zian, Ashia, Westin, and Elle combine the message of Venerable Patrick Peyton, The Family That Prays Together Stays Together, and the words of Joshua in the Bible “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15), to drive home the importance of families committing themselves to the Lord through the practice of family prayer.

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Advent  |  Advent series  |  Catholic Faith  |  family life

So Advent Begins—Family Resources

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!

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Advent  |  Family Fun  |  Instagram

Catholic Mom Snap Advent 2023 Photo Challenge

It can be incredibly difficult to keep Jesus the focus of our Advent season. Feeling the pressure of creating a 'perfect' Christmas day with all its trimmings, we often overlook the importance of celebrating Advent! The Snap Advent Photo Challenge, created by my late friend, Laure Lynch, and me in 2014, seemed the perfect way to help us focus our attention on seasonal words that kept us grounded in Advent. In addition to being an innovative and entertaining way to evangelize.

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Advent  |  Advent series  |  Catholic Family Fun

Prepare Your Heart: A Guided Advent Journal from Ave Maria Press

A wonderful program to include in your family's Advent journey this year, along with the many resources Family Rosary provides throughout the Advent and Christmas seasons. Ave Maria Press, an apostolate of the Congregation of Holy Cross in the United States, brings us this video series with Father Agustino Torres, CFR. Father Torres introduces us to the season of Advent—the Franciscan way—with the Prepare Your Heart Advent journal. Torres encourages us to enter into the story of Jesus’s birth in Bethlehem with Mary and Joseph as we prepare our hearts through prayer and meditation this Advent.

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Advent  |  Faith

How Advent can Teach Humility in the Social Media Age

From where do we get our sense of self-worth? I don’t think it is related to my social media presence. I believe it’s something deeper.

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