Welcome to Strong Catholic Family Faith!
This website was created by catechetical and evangelization staff from the Catholic dioceses of Jefferson City, MO (Jim Kemna, now retired); San Jose, CA (Wendy Scherbart, now retired); and St. Petersburg, FL (Diane Kledzik) to provide parish and school leaders with high quality resources to build strong Catholic families. All three came together through their involvement with the Strong Catholic Families Strong Catholic Youth initiative, in May 2012. Denise Utter (previously from the Diocese of Joliet, IL), joined the team in 2014, sharing her passion for building strong Catholic families and increasing their social media presence. All four collaborators are members of the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership, (NCCL).
Because NCCL has valued this effort to resource parish and school leaders in evangelizing parents/families, and even awarded the collaborators with the NCCL New Wineskins Award in 2016, the NCCL Evangelization Committee has become the new home of the Strong Catholic Family Faith website and its companion social media sites as of Summer 2018. Jim, Diane, Wendy and Denise continue to work as the project team to curate resources and look forward to welcoming new NCCL member collaborators to ensure the continued growth of this project.
Please visit us often for fresh ideas and curated resources to help you, the parish and school leader, to better partner with parents in bringing home the faith.
Because NCCL has valued this effort to resource parish and school leaders in evangelizing parents/families, and even awarded the collaborators with the NCCL New Wineskins Award in 2016, the NCCL Evangelization Committee has become the new home of the Strong Catholic Family Faith website and its companion social media sites as of Summer 2018. Jim, Diane, Wendy and Denise continue to work as the project team to curate resources and look forward to welcoming new NCCL member collaborators to ensure the continued growth of this project.
Please visit us often for fresh ideas and curated resources to help you, the parish and school leader, to better partner with parents in bringing home the faith.
Strong Catholic Family Faith is on Facebook! Connect with us by clicking on the icon.
Check out our Pinterest Page with lots of ideas for encouraging, empowering, and equipping families on their faith journey.
Check out our Pinterest Page with lots of ideas for encouraging, empowering, and equipping families on their faith journey.
New Opportunities for Family Growth!
Here's a Taste of What's New...
Church Year- Christmas
For Families
For Parishes and Schools
Breaking Open the Word- Christmas - Cycle C
Church Year- Ordinary Time
January- February
Martin Luther King
Catholic Schools Week
Black History Month
Valentine's Day
Breaking Open the Word= January, February, March- Cycle C
Faith Practices - Praying
Praying Through Times of Tragedy and Disaster
Children's Guided Prayer
Movies for Families
On the Basis of Sex
Aquaman
Bumblebee
Mary Poppins Returns
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Dr Seuss' The Grinch
Smallfoot
Parents - Having Difficult Conversations
NEW! Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Pastoral Response to Pornography
NEW! Safe Haven Sunday
Parents - Issues Families Deal With - Mental Health Issues
NEW! Podcast: ADHD What Doctors Don't Tell You, but Parents Need to Know
Leadership Training - Conferences
NEW! National Conference on Catholic Youth Ministry (NCCYM) - Parent/Family Ministry Networking Sessions