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Your home is a Domestic Church! Find Resources Below to Enrich Your Family's Faith, to Grow in Intimacy with Your Spouse, and to Personally Deepen Your Relationship with God.
RE Parent Expectations
As parents, you are your child's primary teacher of the faith. It is our role to assist your family in that catechesis! Our greatest successes will happen working together, with your involvement. Your decision to give your child the opportunity to encounter Jesus and dive further into their faith is a great gift!
All Families enrolling in Religious Education are expected to:
Attend Mass Every Sunday and on Holy Days of Obligation – As a family, make it a practice to attend Mass every Sunday or Saturday evening. Missing Mass on Sunday without a grave reason is a grave sin (CCC 2180). (A sports game does not count as a grave reason to miss Mass, however missing Mass due to illness or to take care of a family member in need is allowed). Find a list of Holy Days of Obligation HERE.
Pray Daily Together as a Family – Your child’s faith is greatly influenced by how you practice your own! This simple lifting of the heart and mind to God can take various forms for each family: thanking God for blessings on the ride home from school, prayer before meals, family rosary, morning or bedtime prayers, giving your children a blessing before they go to school, reading the bible, looking at sacred art, watching a movie or short cartoon on a saint or bible story, etc.
Read All Correspondence Sent Home with Children & via Email - Through email you will be informed about upcoming events in the parish, religious opportunities, family masses, and parent meetings.
Resource for Incorporating Faith in your Family
Catechist.com - Articles & Videos for Parents & Families
What is the Minimum Required to be a Practicing Catholic?
The Precepts of the Church present to the faithful "the very necessary minimum in the spirit of prayer and moral effort, in the growth in love of God and neighbor" (CCC 2041). They are:
Attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation & Rest from Servile Labor
Confess your Sins at least Once a Year
Receive the Eucharist at least Once a Year during the Easter Season
Observe the Days of Fasting and Abstinence
Help to Provide for the Needs of the Church
Watch The Chosen together as a family!
Binge the television show based on the life of Jesus and those who knew Him. Find it on TheChosen.TV
All Families are invited to register for FORMED.org for FREE, a great resource for parents and kids alike to grow in faith together as a family.
There are tons of movies, perfect for a movie night, cartoons and content for kids, excellent content to approach deep subjects with teens, ways to pray together as a family, and so much more!
Stream directly to your TV or download the Formed app to watch on the go! Go to the "Family" dropdown tab on the top of the screen to find more content for Marriage, Parenting, and Kids.
On the Sign-Up Page, enter Zip Code 60657, select St. Alphonsus, enter your name/email address, and you're in!
Explore Sunday's Gospel Reading in 30 seconds or less!
Join Fr. Byron Macias as he explains the Sunday Gospel in a way children can understand and apply to their daily lives.
For Spouses! Dive into St. John Paul II's teachings on human sexuality and relationships with the Love and Responsibility lecture series. With a series of different presenters, you will learn how to:
Great to watch on your own or as a couple!
What does the Church actually teach? Find out by exploring the Catechism with your Child!
This is a complete online catechism course for children and families based on the classic Baltimore Catechism.
The easily accessible lessons are presented by Fr. Anthony Pillari JCL, MCL, STL with the view that all children commit the Catechism to memory, as generations of Catholics used to do to really know and love our Faith.
"The family that prays together, stays together."
~Fr. Patrick Peyton
Watch the powerful testimony of the Bateman family and how praying the rosary has helped them draw closer as a family and know God more deeply.
Try praying a decade of the Rosary as a family this week!
Learn how to pray the Rosary with Catholic Mom's Life.
Or pray along with this video from Family Rosary.
Daily Reflections -
A journey of personal conversion!
My Catholic Life! presents the beauty and splendor of our Catholic faith in a down-to-earth and practical way.
Enjoy daily reflections, Q&A, online books, prayers, inspiring quotes and more.
May these FREE resources assist you!
Join these impactful and gifted presenters of Scripture who will show how to confidently and quickly approach the Bible for answers, hope, and peace in our day-to-day challenges and struggles as Catholics.
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