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Spiritual
Holy Hour for Vocations
Deacon Josh Livingston
Catholic Truth
Dan Simard
Financial
Compass Catholic Ministries is dedicated to helping you discover smarter ways to manage your money.
For example:
Video: What to do if you can't pay all your bills?
or
Physical
SoulCore is a movement that pairs core strengthening, stretching and functional movement with the prayers of the rosary.
Resources from past newsletters:
FamilyPrayer.pdfRead this Vatican Prayer Resource
Holy Week ideas for Kids
25 Things for Kids to Spot During Holy Week
Help children and families experience the full meaning of the final days before Easter with puzzle sheets and prayerful Scripture activities.
Story, Art, and Prayer in Holy Week
Change what might be the usual format for faith formation sessions, and create a retreat-like atmosphere to explore themes from this climax of the liturgical year.
Ascension
Ascension Activities & Worksheets - These Ascension activities and these Ascension worksheets can be sent home for families to celebrate Thursday's (or Sunday's) great feast day.
TWO videos to watch and share . . .
P is for The Meaning of Paraclete - In today's Gospel reading, Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as the Advocate, or Paraclete. What does this word mean and what does it say about the Holy Spirit and us? This video explains.
G is for The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit - Speaking of the Holy Spirit, what are the seven gifts that Confirmation candidates learned about this year and what do each of them mean? Watch.
Here is a very simple prayer to care for our common home on the USCCB website.
For all ages, Catholic Climate Covenant is doing a virtual "Hope for Creation" celebration of Earth Day. They are taking submissions of art/writing/other media and are particularly encouraging youth and young adults to submit material. You can also view the items that have been submitted so far.
For families/all ages to celebrate Earth Day at home, create a Mary Garden and in our area consider using native plants in place of the traditional European plants.
General prayer resources and ideas for families with kids at home: https://www.teachingcatholickids.com/nine-ways-to-put-a-catholic-spin-on-earth-day/.
For teens, here is an entertaining primer on Catholic teaching on the environment.
Stations of the Cross Challenge
Set-Up: You can pray the Stations with your family sitting in the living room, but for this challenge we're asking you to set up 14 different stations. These stations could be rooms in your house, trees in your backyard. You can print and hang up images like THESE for each station, or just write a simple roman numeral on a post-it for each station, 1 through 14.
Prayer: Here are 3 options for the prayers. Try this one if you have younger kids in your family. This one is great for families with middle and high school teens. There is also the traditional version by St. Alphonsus Liguori. Print it out or read from your phone/tablet.
Share: Post to Instagram with #FamilyStationsOfTheCross a picture of your family praying at ONE of your stations, along with a sentence or two about what you did. Tag @sacredheartnhyouth, or email: dffsheartlebanon@gmail.com. Or text to Amy: 802-727-0647.
Prizes will be given to most creative station locations (e.g. backyard shed = the 14th Stations, Jesus is Laid in the Tomb).