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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Summer Vacation | catholic family life | family prayer
Wondering how to integrate faith into your family travel plans this summer? Catholic Mom writer Megan Cottam explores five ways to incorporate faith into your family's summer travels, enriching your vacation experiences and deepening spiritual connections. The sun is finally shining. The onslaught of spirit day memos, special projects due, lunch duties, and awards assemblies slowly fades into the background. The time has finally come for a change in pacing, and with that comes the exciting prospect of family vacations. Whether it’s a spontaneous getaway or a multiple-families-involved, years-in-the-making event, vacations can knock us out of our routines. This can benefit our family connections, restore our souls, and give us some much-needed grounding in our lives. However, this routine-breaking can also cause a slip in some of our faith practices. While it makes sense to tell our work emails and house to-do lists to take a back seat, do we really want to tell God, “See ya later” during what we hope will become joyful and life-long memories? On the contrary, vacations are fertile soil for developing faith traditions in our families.
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Divine Trust | Podcast | catholic family life | power of prayer
Join Maria Morera Johnson and Inés Huber Mersch as they explore the journey of surrendering fears to trust in God in the latest Catholic Momcast episode.
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Catholic Mass | catholic family life | family prayer
Catholic Mom contributor Lea McCarthy points out the humorous and the divine in bringing small children to church, reminding mothers of our vital role in the mystical Body of Christ. I’m going to tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a young lady who came to Mass before the readings began. She picked a pew and didn’t leave it until it was time to receive Holy Communion. She carried a small purse or sometimes just her keys. She didn’t even know where the church bathroom was, for she never had to use it. Mass was a peaceful, quiet experience.
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Family Activities | Feast of the Sacred Heart | catholic family life
Sister Margaret Kerry offers ideas for families preparing to celebrate our nation's upcoming Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We are witnesses to a remarkable moment in United States history: On June 11, 2026, as part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. bishops will consecrate the United States of America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The founder of my Pauline Religious Family, Blessed James Alberione, recognized that devotion to the heart of Christ was found in the church as early as the first century. To illustrate this, Alberione designed the communion rail at the Temple of St. Paul in Alba, Italy, with two unique gates opening to the sanctuary. The design on one gate is the heart of Paul, and on the other is the heart of Christ. The words, written in Latin, are entwined within an image of the vine and branches: “The heart of Paul is the heart of Christ.” In his letters, Paul reminds us we are called to have a heart that pulses with the heart of Christ (Galatians 2:20).
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Family Rosary | catholic family life | family prayer
Tami Urcia describes the surprising way her children have made a weekly family Rosary a treasured prayer practice. After attending the Catholic Mom Contributors retreat in February of 2025, I was inspired to pray the Rosary more as a family. Due to hectic schedules that sometimes have our family looking more like a revolving door than a cohesive unit, I knew that attempting a daily Rosary would result more in increased frustration than increased holiness. But we could definitely shoot for once a week.
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catholic family life | family prayer | liturgical year
What is liturgical living? Sarah Damm explores simple ways to allow the rhythm of the Church calendar to shape our hearts and homes. A simple search for “liturgical living ideas” often showcases perfectly decorated home altars, elaborate crafts for saint days, and decadent recipes for feast days. While beautiful, these images and posts can also feel intimidating for a busy mom. How am I going to do all of this when I barely have time to get dinner on the table? Years ago, as a young mom, I wanted to find ways to incorporate faith into our family life. But I knew I needed ideas that were simple to execute.
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