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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Thanksgiving | The Sacraments | catholic family life | family prayer
My elementary and preschool-aged children have enjoyed making a construction paper chain full of things we are thankful for this month as we approach Thanksgiving. We have discussed the pilgrims and Native Americans in our homeschool lessons, and they look forward to traveling to visit relatives later this week. It's fun to cultivate holiday traditions with young children and to teach them to count their blessings at Thanksgiving. But how do we teach them gratitude beyond Thanksgiving day? How do we shape their hearts to cultivate gratitude for what they have when the stores are bursting with Christmas gifts they think they "need"? Here are four ways to help your families make thankfulness a habit when the pumpkin pie is long gone! When you're finished reading, we'd love to hear some of your own ideas in the comments!
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Father Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, was once asked what his favorite prayer was.
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I’ll never forget the face of the man on one of my mission tours in India who said, “I got the food I was longing for.”
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Lent | The Sacraments | acceptance
There’s an open invitation to join Jesus in a place of belonging. Have you received yours?
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Today, through a personal family story, we reflect on the grace of Baptism, the first sacrament you receive in the Catholic Church.
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Have you ever thought about what Mary was like as a child? We know a lot about Mary’s adult life raising Jesus, but there is little we know about her younger years.
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