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Family Rituals
Rituals are tremendously important in family life. Many of our fondest memories of our childhood relate to family rituals, like long Christmas lunches, Sunday walks…
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
A look at scripture and tradition can take us back to the feast of the sacred heart of Jesus and give our devotion new life.…
Family Meals Matter!
Studies show that family meals deliver a host of benefits to both children and parents. Most of these benefits are independent of ethnic background, socio-economic…
Mother’s Day Treats
Lemonade Scones Ingredients 300ml cream 2 ½ cups of self-raising flour (plain flour + X teas baking powder), sifted Pinch of salt ½ -1 cup…
Saintly Trifecta
At the end of October begins three days of saintly celebrations. Here are some tips to make the most of them. Oct 31: Halloween –…
St Margret Mary’s Sacred Heart Consecration
Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus By St Margaret Mary  I give myself and consecrate to the Sacred Heart of our Lord…
Your Home: A Living Church
The Domestic Church The home is the place where we learn to love. It is in our homes that our children are first introduced to love; in…
Family Vocations
Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York recently noted the link between marriage and vocations to the priesthood and religious life: “We have a vocation crisis to life-long, life-giving,…
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…
Advent Joy
Advent means ‘coming’. In the Church calendar this is the four week period before Christmas, the feast which marks Jesus’ coming into the world as a new born…