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An innovative Catholic resource library for raising children in the faith

Seasonal Posts

The Perfect Christmas?

The Holy Family may be the perfect family, but it’s doubtful Mary and Joseph experienced their first Christmas as all going to plan! If there…

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The Spiritual Ancestors of Jesus

A constellation of traditions exist to mark the miraculous event of Christmas: God becomes man in the person of Jesus Christ. The Jesse Tree is…

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Saint of Generosity

Who is St Nicolas? Born in the third century in modern day Turkey, his wealthy parents raised Nicolas to be a devout Christian. Responding to…

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CathFamily Publications

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Amor eBook

Amor is a  magazine-style booklet inspired by Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, Amoris Laetitia.

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Mercy eBook

Mercy is a magazine-style booklet inspired by the Jubilee Year of Mercy and Pope Francis’ joy-filled ministry.

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Generation Grand eBook

The perfect thank you gift to the older people who support your school and its children.

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CathFamily Advent & Christmas eBook

  • Over 80 pages of beautiful content
  • Compiled from 10 years of CathFamily wisdom
  • Tips, Recipes, Activities and Printable downloads
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CathFamily Lent & Easter eBook

  • Over 120 pages of beautiful content
  • Compiled from 10 years of CathFamily wisdom
  • Tips, Recipes, Prayers, Activities and Printable downloads
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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.

Latest Articles

WOJ Advent 3, Year C

Anyone who has two tunics must share with the one who has none, and anyone with something to eat must do the same.  (Jesus, Luke…

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WOJ Advent 2, Year C

Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight! Let every valley be filled in, every mountain and hill be levelled, winding ways be…

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WOJ Ordinary Time, Christ the King Year B

Mine is not a kingdom of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my men would have fought to prevent my being surrendered to the Jews.  As it…

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About us

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.

Enjoy!

Francine & Byron Pirola

Founders of CathFamily

Donations Appreciated!

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.

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