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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
family prayer | praying the Rosary
In the past few weeks, multiple family members have been diagnosed with chronic illnesses. During these same weeks, our family life has often felt chaotic and isolating as well. Support systems have been difficult to reach, and some friends are in the midst of their own struggles, busyness, and illness.
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Lenten Prayer | family prayer | prayer in Lent
If you’re like me, you may have a list of things that you will do “someday.” Someday I will run a marathon. Someday I will climb Mount Washington. Someday I will make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Someday I will cook vegetables better. Someday I will locate the replacement parts for that broken bike rack. Someday…
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family Lenten activities | family prayer | pray the rosary
Prayer, especially the Rosary, strengthens families to come to know and believe God brings us through every challenge. Coming together as a family to pray during Lent—offering thanksgiving, petition, and intercession for ourselves and others gives new meaning to the season and fosters hope.
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Living the Faith | family prayer | parenting teenagers
You've got teens. They're all over the place. They're struggling with lots of things you never even considered and drifting into the stream of the world via the internet, popular culture and media. How do you help them wrestle with God? You love them. You love them, you love them, you love them, and you create opportunities for them to know it.
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If there is one thing on which I am very emphatic in the way that I raise my children in the faith, it is that Christmas is not a single day — it is a full SEASON, and it continues until the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Well, of course, I emphasize many other things as well, but this one I make sure to drive home.
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Venerable Patrick Peyton | family prayer | rosary novena
Please join our community around the world in praying this novena for your family and all families. We do this for the nine days leading up to Venerable Patrick Peyton's anniversary of birth on January 9 in gratitude for his memory and timeless message to all families, "The Family That Prays Together Stays Together."
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