Posts by Kiara Pirola
Housework Survey- October 2014
Hello and thank you for taking the time to fill in this survey! It should take you about five minutes. We will be tallying up the results and publishing them in the October 2014 edition of the eMagazine.
Read MoreBaptism Cakes
No Sacrament celebration is complete without cake! Here are some unique ideas to mark your child’s or godchild’s baptism. 1. Icing Sugar Patterns This is as simple as baking whatever baked goodie you like, brownies, tea cake, (or even a packet mix) and then placing a stencil on top and scattering icing sugar over the…
Read More2014 August
From the Editor This month is the second in our Sacrament Essentials series. The featured sacrament is Baptism and we have written this with a mind to provide a bit of theology and also practical and simple ways of doing it in every day life. After all, theology that does not move us to action…
Read MoreToo Many Children?
Cross-posted from Lightly Salted, by Peter Holmes a father of eight. Today I was chatting with a friend who has a largish family. When I say ‘largish’, I mean five or more children. We don’t have to go back very far in history to see that families of ten or more children were much more common than…
Read MoreGrowing in Love
The popularity of St Valentine’s Day grew out of the joy of celebrating romantic married love. The celebration also encourages us to renew and develop that love. God is love and this year we focus on one particular aspect of deepening the love of a couple, whether they are engaged or married – that is,…
Read More2014 June
Hello and welcome to the first in our special series on the Sacraments! For Catholics, Sacraments are a big deal. They are major maturing milestones in our faith life, and often the centre of our communal life. Despite their centrality, many parents feel ill-equipped to prepare their children for the Sacraments, relying instead almost solely on…
Read MoreFirst Communion Cards
Your child’s First Communion is a special opportunity to invite family and friends to pray for your child as they prepare for the Sacrament. We’ve put together four different A6 prayer cards for precisely this purpose! For the best results, print them on some thin cardstock and compose a little prayer with your family to…
Read MoreCommunion Colour-in
Your child’s First Communion is a big event and one that is often full of children of all ages including little ones. Keeping them engaged and busy during Mass can be a difficult! However, that should never stop you from bringing them along! Your children belong in Church and are an immense gift to the…
Read MoreSpiritual Communion Prayer
We are required to attend Mass every Sunday and to participate in the celebration. For most of us, this includes receiving communion, though there can be good reasons why someone might not take communion such as needing to go to Confession or having only just finished eating. In these situations, we are encouraged to…
Read MoreThe Annunciation!
“Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ.” Pope John Paul II, October 22, 1978
Read MoreHappy St Patrick’s Day!
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Read MoreI used to pray…
“When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. But I realised that the Lord doesn’t work that way. So I stole one and asked God to forgive me.” – Emo Phillips
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