Parents are their children’s primary faith witnesses. Now more than ever, we want to support families and give them a variety of opportunities to be family. Seasons of Faith are specifically designed for the entire family.
Parents, you are the #1 influence on your child’s faith, and what you do to nurture faith at home and in your parish are vitally important. The Second Vatican Council noted the importance of the home in nurturing faith in its reference to the family at “the domestic Church” or the “Church of the Home”. In essence, the family is the most basic foundation of Church. Check out the Ave Explores series on Catholic Family Life:
How do you get your entire family up, dressed, fed, in the car, into the church and using their "indoor voices" during Mass with less angst?
The following article is filled with helpful hints written by the parents of three children. How to take young children to Mass. Forming our children in faith is never easy, but always rewarding.
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Family Web Time - a variety of articles from RCL Benziger by Dr. Tim Hogan & Tom Everson
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