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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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catholic devotions | family prayer | how to pray the rosary
Discover seven essential devotions to enhance your prayer life, recommended by a priest for busy mothers seeking spiritual growth and connection with God. My favorite priest came to speak to our mothers’ group a few years ago. At the time, my prayer time was GREATLY lacking. I didn’t pray at all, unless you include Mass on Sundays. He shared seven different prayers and practices that should be on our non-negotiable list. Ever since, I strive to do all the items he suggested, and when I fall off track, I go straight back to the list. If you feel called to up your prayer routine, try adding one new devotion a week or even each month to help build the habit.
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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 | catholic parenting | family prayer
Catholic Mom contributor Jake Frost reflects on what will truly transform our kids' lives in the era of AI. There’s been a lot in the news about how AI will transform the lives of our children. When I see things like that, I can’t help but think: Nothing will transform the lives of our kids like their parents. No screen, app, or artificial anything compares to the real impact of parents caring, praying, working, and loving their children 24/7 — and leading their children to Jesus Christ, Who will transform their lives like nothing else can. Helping our kids come to know and love Jesus, giving them the treasure of great price that surpasses all else in value, and introducing them to the best and only friend they’ll ever have or need is the greatest thing anyone can do for our children. And they won’t get that from any chatbot. No large language model will lead them to The Word.
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Faith Reflection | Pentecost | family prayer
Flávia Ghelardi shares a guided meditation on the Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles. In this practical series on meditation using Father Kentenich’s method, we will meditate on the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. What do you think God wants to say to you through this message? Meditation is a personal encounter with God, to grow in love for Him. Because it is personal, each person will experience this encounter in a different way, in a unique way. Thus, each proposed exercise is intended only to present an example of what this conversation with the Father can be like, so that you can get an overview of the whole process.
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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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