Seasonal Posts
The Good Shepherd
Download this simple colour-in of the Good Shepherd. Perfect for the 4th Sunday of Easter and makes a great home or classroom activity to help…
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Make a Family Paschal Candle
On Holy Saturday, the Paschal Candle is blessed and lit for the first time. It will be used throughout the Easter season and at Baptisms…
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Family Stations of the Cross
Children love candles! Use this simple prayer format to engage the family in the Passion of Jesus. Beginning with 12 lit candles, read each station and…
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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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WOJ The Most Holy Trinity, Year C
When the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth. (Jesus, John 16:13) Feel free to share “Words of Jesus”…
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WOJ Pentecost, Year C
“If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make our home…
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WOJ The Ascension of the Lord, Year C
“I am sending down to you what the Father has promised. Stay then, until you are clothed with the power from on high” (Jesus, Luke…
R E A D M O R E →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
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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.
