The Home is the First School
of Christian Life
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“The ministry of evangelization carried out by Christian parents is original and irreplaceable. It assumes the characteristics typical of family life itself, which should be interwoven with love, simplicity, practicality and daily witness”
(St. John Paul II, Familiaris Consortio)You are your child's most important teacher and teaching is what parents do naturally. Parental guidance is far and away the most important factor in who a child grows up to be.
As you grow in your faith together, your child will be learning not just with what you teach but even more from your example and witness. This is something they cannot get in any classroom, no matter how good that classroom is.
You’re their parents: you’ve got this!
Suggested Family Talk Topics for 2017-2018 School YearSeptember - Becoming Familiar More with your Bible and Family Prayer October - What is faith? Who is God and How Can We Know HIm? November - What does it mean to be created in the Image and Likeness of God? December - The Annunciation, The Immaculate Conception, and the Incarnation January - Who is Jesus Christ? Jesus Makes us Children of God in Baptism February - The Paschal Mystery, The Last Judgment March - The Holy Spirit and the Church April - The Four Marks of the Church, The Communion of Saints, A New Heaven and New Earth Suggested Family Talk Topics for 2018-2019 School YearSeptember - Becoming More Familiar with your Bible and Family Prayer October - God is the Source of All Life; What is a Sacrament? What is Grace? November - The Sacrament of Baptism and the Priesthood of the Faithful December - The Sacrament of Confirmation January - The Eucharist, The Passover Lamb, The Holy Mass, The Effects of the Eucharist February - Sacraments of Healing; Penance and Reconciliation March - The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick April - The Sacraments of Holy Orders and Holy Matrimony
See Below for Helpful Links and Downloadable Family Resources -
Online Learning Resources
- Online Catechism of the Catholic Church for Adults
- Video Lectures on Various Topics of the Catechism
- Video Series on the Holy Spirit
- Bishop Barron's Homilies on the Sunday Gospel
- Fr. Spitzer's Weekday Homilies
- Topics on Ignatian Spirituality
- For Your Marriage
- Resources for Catholic Teaching
- Catholics Come Home
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Parent & Catechist Resources for Catholic Teaching
- The Joy of Advent - A Family ADVENTure
- When it comes to teenagers
- Monthly Talk Topics for Families of Faith
- Deposit of Faith - Scripture and Tradition
- Introduction to Prayer
- What is Faith?
- Does God Exist?
- Made in His Image
- Grace?
- Holy Spirit
- Incarnation
- Jesus, the Way, the Truth, and the Life
- God's Plan of Salvation
- Paschal Mystery
- Baptism
- Priesthood of the Faithful
- Confirmation
- Eucharist
- Reconciliation
- Anointing of the Sick
- Matrimony
- Holy Orders
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an illustrated - biblical storybook for our youth