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	<description>Family Formation is a truly innovative K-6th grade Catholic religious education program used by parishes and families across the US and Canada.  Based on the principle that &#34;Parents are the primary educators in the Faith&#34;  [General Directory for Catechesis (GDC) 255, Family Formation] revolves around weekly family gatherings and home lessons.  This shared learning experience spills over into the family&#039;s everyday life.</description>
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		<title>Extra, Extra!  Read all about it!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 22:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationblog.net&#038;blog=8459596&#038;post=3950&#038;subd=churchofsaintpaul&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 05:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationblog.net&#038;blog=8459596&#038;post=3896&#038;subd=churchofsaintpaul&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seeing the Mysteries</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 05:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Klejeski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s never too late to start a collection of pictures with religious themes to make into Rosary books for your children or godchildren. I&#8217;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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationblog.net&#038;blog=8459596&#038;post=3888&#038;subd=churchofsaintpaul&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 05:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Klejeski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Say the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Mary&#8217;s which purifies the monotony of your sins!&#8221; &#8211;St. Josemaria Escriva Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationblog.net&#038;blog=8459596&#038;post=3874&#038;subd=churchofsaintpaul&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A tiny primer on Revelation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 05:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(to go with this week&#8217;s lesson on Marian Apparitions) Revelation (reh-vuh-LAY-shun):   VERB: God&#8217;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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationblog.net&#038;blog=8459596&#038;post=3924&#038;subd=churchofsaintpaul&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning from Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Klejeski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Genuine sacred art draws man to adoration, to prayer, and to the love of God &#8230;&#8221; 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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationblog.net&#038;blog=8459596&#038;post=3857&#038;subd=churchofsaintpaul&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>While we&#8217;re on the subject &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://familyformationblog.net/2012/05/16/while-were-on-the-subject/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 05:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Klejeski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here 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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationblog.net&#038;blog=8459596&#038;post=3869&#038;subd=churchofsaintpaul&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An introduction to our introduction</title>
		<link>http://familyformationblog.net/2012/05/15/an-introduction-to-our-introduction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Klejeski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Close to the top of our list of favorite things is talking to others about the blessings of Family Formation! (I know, I know &#8211; no surprises there.)   One of the missions of our Core Team is to be &#8220;enthusiastic ambassadors&#8221; for Family Formation in a one-on-one way, our office staff gladly spends hours [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationblog.net&#038;blog=8459596&#038;post=3906&#038;subd=churchofsaintpaul&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Honoring Mary in May</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 05:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the natural activities to celebrate the Month of Mary is to simply pray the Rosary.  I&#8217;m actually laughing a little as I use the word &#8220;simply,&#8221; because anyone who has tried to pray a Rosary with small children knows that it&#8217;s anything but simple!  One mom in our program has found a way [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationblog.net&#038;blog=8459596&#038;post=3852&#038;subd=churchofsaintpaul&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We can now add &#8220;award winning&#8221; to our name!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations 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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=familyformationblog.net&#038;blog=8459596&#038;post=3842&#038;subd=churchofsaintpaul&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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