Advent

2015 December

By Marilyn Rodrigues | December 1, 2015

God has brought us again to this beautiful Advent season of waiting and preparing for Christ to come into the world and into our hearts.…

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O Antiphon Prayer Service

By Marilyn Rodrigues | November 30, 2015

Beginning on December 17, take the O Antiphon Bauble for that day and place it in the sacred space. Download Template Light a candle &…

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O Antiphon Cards

By Marilyn Rodrigues | November 30, 2015

For the seven days just before Christmas the Divine Office (daily prayer book of the Church) resounds with joyful praise known as the ‘O’ Antiphons.…

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O Antiphon Baubles

By Francine Pirola | November 30, 2015

The O Antiphons are prayed in the week before Christmas. Cut out the pre-printed baubles or use the blackline templates to design your own. Materials: O Antiphon…

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The Intentional Family

By Marilyn Rodrigues | December 26, 2014

Plan your family fun these holidays… Creating Memories Think back to a favourite Christmas holiday memory. Was it one of those simple, spontaneous moments, or…

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2014 December

By Kiara Pirola | December 2, 2014

From the Editor Advent is upon us! In this edition, our Christmas focus is Surprise Babies in honour of the ultimate surprise baby, Jesus. This…

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Christmas Consumers

By Kiara Pirola | March 10, 2014

Jesus tells us that we cannot serve two masters, God and money. How did we end up with Christmas becoming so commercialised? Catholic families the…

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2013 December

By Kiara Pirola | December 1, 2013

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Gingerbread Nativity

By Francine Pirola | May 22, 2013

Give the Christmas tradition of a gingerbread house a more spiritual twist by making a ginger bread nativity instead! We’ve put together some instructions for…

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Guadalupe Colour-in

By Kiara Pirola | March 29, 2013

We’ve put together a simple colour-in page to engage kids of all ages (and adults too!) in the story and symbolism in the image of…

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Guadalupe Novena

By Kiara Pirola | March 22, 2013

 A Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe by Blessed Pope John Paul the Great A novena is a prayer repeated every day for nine days.…

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Mother of Life

By Kiara Pirola | March 16, 2013

When an insignificant, barren hill in Mexico becomes the destination for 13 million pilgrims a year, something’s going on… December 12 is the feast of…

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