Mary & the Saints
The Rosary
A Calling Card for Heaven Does your family pray the rosary? Would you like to begin it as a family tradition but it’s just too…
Couple’s Corner: October 2011
The Rosary as Awesome Couple Prayer Many couples pray the Rosary regularly; they find the simple rhythm and set format an easy way to reconnect…
A Mother’s Heart
For more than forty years I have been honouring my mother on Mothers’ Day, yet it has never really occurred to me to honour the…
Annunciation Candle
This neat little activity was adapted from Women for Faith and Family Materials: Large Pillar Candle, white (purity) or blue (for Mary) Small image of…
The Angelus
Why not pray the Angelus? Set your mobile phone to chime at each day one or more of the three set hours? The Traditional hours…
The Announcement!
Celebrate the world’s biggest announcement with Mary this Lent. What if Mary had said ‘no’? Would the Archangel Gabriel have tried the maiden next door?…
Rosary Fruit Skewers Recipe
Give traditional fruit skewers a ‘holy’ twist! Praying is not compulsory whilst eating but certainly recommended! Ingredients for 10: Half a Watermelon 2 Bananas 30…
The Rosary With Children
Get your kids involved in the Rosary with this simple craft activity. There is no better time than now to start something beautiful in your…
Advent Prayer II
Leader: Lord God, you are the light of the world, the source of all life. Be our light. Be our life. Leader: Lord God, your…
Mary’s Garden
In this month of May, dedicated to our Mother Mary, consider planting a garden in her honour. Before Christianity, many flowers and plants were associated…
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…