General Intention: human trafficking That the shameful and monstrous commerce in human beings, which sadly involves millions of women and children, may be ended. Missionary Intention: for priests, religious, and committed lay people That ordained ministers, religious women and men, and lay people involved in apostolic work may understand how to infuse missionary enthusiasm into [...]
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The Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions for April, 2010
April 1, 2010General Intention: for fundamentalism and extremism That every tendency to fundamentalism and extremism may be countered by constant respect, by tolerance and by dialog among all believers. Missionary Intention: for persecuted Christians That Christians persecuted for the sake of the Gospel may persevere, sustained by the Holy Spirit, in faithfully witnessing to the love of God for [...]
An Act of Contrition
March 14, 2010This month’s memory verse for grades 3-6 is likely to be very familiar to your kids. No matter where you prepared for the sacrament of Reconciliation, learning an Act of Contrition was part of the program. When you get to the part of confession where you pray an Act of Contrition, the Rite of Penance [...]
The Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions for March, 2010
March 1, 2010General Intention: for the world economy That the world economy may be managed according to the principles of justice and equity, taking account of the real needs of peoples, especially the poorest. Missionary Intention: for the churches in Africa That the churches in Africa may be signs and instruments of reconciliation and justice in every [...]
Children’s Stations of the Cross
February 3, 2010On March 12th, Family Formation is sponsoring the Stations of the Cross featuring some of our 6th graders leading the prayers. We will be using the meditations from the Step Up Close to Jesus booklet, included in this month’s Family Formation packet. All are invited to come. The readings are short and easy for kids [...]
The Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions for February, 2010
February 1, 2010General Intention: for scholars For all scholars and intellectuals, that by means of sincere search for truth they may arrive at an understanding of the one true God. Missionary Intention: for the Church’s missionary identity That the Church, aware of its missionary identity, may strive to follow Christ faithfully and to proclaim His Gospel to [...]
A Place for Prayer in Your Domestic Church
January 18, 2010Yesterday we saw that the Church recommends having a physical place in your home set aside for prayer. I’ve seen many interpretations of this ranging from an entire room furnished with a comfortable chair, bookshelves of spiritual reading, and beautiful inspirational art, to a small, crowded space on a shelf, carefully set aside in a [...]
A favorable place for true prayer
January 17, 2010We all know that a church is the proper place for the celebration of prayer such as Masses and Eucharistic Adoration, but in this week when we’re learning more about the family as a Domestic Church, it’s useful to know what the Catechism of the Catholic Church has to say about the home as a place [...]
Blessings and Prayers
January 8, 2010It’s likely that your child brought home a bottle of holy water from this month’s Family Formation classroom time. We encourage you to use this powerful sacramental to bless your home and your children each day. When they were young, we started the simple custom of blessing our children each night before they went to [...]
The Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions for January, 2010
January 1, 2010General Intention: for young people and social communications media That young people may learn to use modern means of social communication for their personal growth and to better prepare themselves to serve society. Missionary Intention: for Christian unity That every believer in Christ may be conscious that unity among all Christians is a condition for more effectiveproclamation [...]
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