Seasonal Posts
The Rosary With Children
Get your kids involved in the Rosary with this simple craft activity. There is no better time than now to start something beautiful in your…
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Rosary Fruit Skewers Recipe
Give traditional fruit skewers a ‘holy’ twist! Praying is not compulsory whilst eating but certainly recommended! Ingredients for 10: Half a Watermelon 2 Bananas 30…
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Annunciation Candle
This neat little activity was adapted from Women for Faith and Family Materials: Large Pillar Candle, white (purity) or blue (for Mary) Small image of…
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Amor eBook
Amor is a magazine-style booklet inspired by Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, Amoris Laetitia.
Mercy eBook
Mercy is a magazine-style booklet inspired by the Jubilee Year of Mercy and Pope Francis’ joy-filled ministry.
Generation Grand eBook
The perfect thank you gift to the older people who support your school and its children.
CathFamily Advent & Christmas eBook
- Over 80 pages of beautiful content
- Compiled from 10 years of CathFamily wisdom
- Tips, Recipes, Activities and Printable downloads
CathFamily Lent & Easter eBook
- Over 120 pages of beautiful content
- Compiled from 10 years of CathFamily wisdom
- Tips, Recipes, Prayers, Activities and Printable downloads
My Faith Workbook A,B and C
Available now as a download, My Faith Workbook is a faith-based activity book for state school students and parish children.
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CathKids Ordinary Time 26, Year A
The story so far… Jesus continues to use parables (stories) as he teaches. The elders and the chief priests have challenged Jesus’ authority.
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WOJ Ordinary Time 26, Year A
Nothing is to be done out of jealousy or vanity; instead, out of humility of mind everyone should give preference to others (Philippians 2:3) Feel free to…
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WOJ Ordinary Time 25, Year A
“So the last will be first, and the first, last. For many are called but few chosen” (Jesus, John 20:16) Feel free to share “Words of Jesus”…
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Welcome to CathFamily, a web site dedicated to assisting families in making the home the living heart of the church. As a church, we have benefited over the centuries from simple home-based rituals to provide practical faith experiences for our children. This site aims to provide innovative and contemporary resources to continue this tradition—by collecting both traditional and contemporary rituals that Catholic families can adapt into their own family rituals.
We encourage you to use these resources to help find ways to make your home a living 'domestic church' ... and send us your own family rituals.
It is supported by the Marriage Resource Centre (MRC) and maintains the that the family is the foundation of civil society, the married couple relationship is the centre of the family, and that the sexual union of the couple is the living energy and sacred source of the love between husband and wife. As with all the work of MRC, including CathFamily and SmartLoving, Pope John Paul II's writings on the Theology of the Body deeply informs our work.
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Francine & Byron Pirola
Founders of CathFamily
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CathFamily is an initiative of the Parish & Marriage Resource Centre (PMRC) Australia.. The PMRC Relationship Education Foundation is a registered charity that supports marriage and relationship education activities. All donations in Australia over $2 are tax deductable. All of the administrative work of the Foundation is provided by volunteers and other support infrastructure is ‘gifted’ by other organisations.
