Seasonal Posts
2015 August
Family Prayer can be challenging! But as many dogged Catholic parents will attest, it is totally worth the effort. We’ve drawn inspiration from our readers and the experience of guest authors in the trenches to give you some ideas to forge or renew a family tradition.
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Holy Clutter Burial Ceremony
Help! I can’t find my Prayer Space anymore! What are you supposed to do with all the broken, damaged, or worn-out rosary beads, Ash Wednesday…
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2016 April | Joy
Pope Francis is big on joy. Not only is he always smiling and delighting in the people he meets, many of his writings express the…
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Amor eBook
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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
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- Compiled from 10 years of CathFamily wisdom
- Tips, Recipes, Prayers, Activities and Printable downloads
My Faith Workbook A,B and C
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WOJ Ordinary Time 14, Year C
The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest (Jesus, Luke 10:2)…
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You are Peter and on this rock I will build my community. And the gates of the underworld can never overpower it. I will give you the keys of…
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WOJ Corpus Christi, Year C
“This is my body, which is for you; do this as a memorial of me.” (Jesus, 1 Cor 11:24) Feel free to share “Words…
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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.
Enjoy!
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.
