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

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Parenting  |  children at Mass  |  family life

Allowing Toddlers to Wiggle at Mass

I’ve been a Roman Catholic my whole life, and at one point, I absorbed the idea that during Mass, the congregation must be as still as possible—and that moving around would distract all the people nearby. I took this idea to an obsessive extreme, and even worried about exiting and entering the pew at the exact moments when I would be least distracting to others. I was hyper-aware of myself, and worried that if I moved an inch, I’d be completely destroying someone else’s prayer experience.

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Life Lessons  |  children at Mass

The Help of an Earthly Angel

CatholicMom.com contributor, Nicole Johnson, offers a thank you (of sorts) to an earthly angel who has blessed the life of their daughter who has Down syndrome.

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children at Mass  |  family life

Mass with Little Ones: It's Worth It

Megan Cottam encourages families of young children to focus on the joys and the building of faith-filled memories, even with the squirmiest of kids, while celebrating Mass together.

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