The parish pastor discovered it. The director of evangelization and catechesis for the archdiocese encourages it. And, most important, the parents and children like it. We’ve mentioned Sacred Heart Parish in Norfolk, Nebraska a couple times in the past months and are pleased to see the end-of-their-first-year-assessment published in their diocesan paper. Heidi Snitchler said she enjoys [...]
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May 20, 2012May 20, 2012
No one can live continually in sin and continue to say the Rosary. Either he will give up the sin or he will give up the Rosary. Bishop Patrick Boyle If families give Our Lady fifteen minutes a day by reciting the Rosary, I assure them that their homes will become, by [...]
Seeing the Mysteries
May 19, 2012It’s never too late to start a collection of pictures with religious themes to make into Rosary books for your children or godchildren. I’ve done this in the past by simply using a three-ring binder and plastic sheet protectors. Back each picture with a sheet of solid paper to hide the distracting print on the [...]
May 18, 2012
“Say the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Mary’s which purifies the monotony of your sins!” –St. Josemaria Escriva
A tiny primer on Revelation
May 18, 2012(to go with this week’s lesson on Marian Apparitions) Revelation (reh-vuh-LAY-shun): VERB: God’s activity in making Himself and His purposes known to humankind through Christ, the prophet, and the Apostles. NOUN: The content of the Faith that is communicated and handed on. God reveals to human beings His intention to draw them into union with [...]
Learning from Art
May 17, 2012“Genuine sacred art draws man to adoration, to prayer, and to the love of God …” but it also teaches. We can learn a great deal about what the Church teaches on a variety of doctrines from this piece by Velazquez. First of all, the event pictured is the Coronation of Mary as Queen of [...]
While we’re on the subject …
May 16, 2012Here are a few more parent-tested ideas on praying the Rosary together as a family: Have reasonable expectations. If you have two toddlers, a squirrelly preschooler, and a 1st grader, perhaps a full Rosary is too much for their attention span. Try a decade instead (or just start with praying each of the prayers one [...]
An introduction to our introduction
May 15, 2012Close to the top of our list of favorite things is talking to others about the blessings of Family Formation! (I know, I know – no surprises there.) One of the missions of our Core Team is to be “enthusiastic ambassadors” for Family Formation in a one-on-one way, our office staff gladly spends hours [...]
Honoring Mary in May
May 15, 2012One of the natural activities to celebrate the Month of Mary is to simply pray the Rosary. I’m actually laughing a little as I use the word “simply,” because anyone who has tried to pray a Rosary with small children knows that it’s anything but simple! One mom in our program has found a way [...]
We can now add “award winning” to our name!
May 14, 2012Congratulations to Family Formation for being named the 2012 winner of the New Wineskins Award offered by the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership! This award is designed to: highlight and celebrate extraordinary achievement occurring in parishes (or parish clusters) in the ministries of evangelization and catechesis. share successful initiatives that may benefit other parishes. encourage [...]
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