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New or timely resources that are added to the STRONG CATHOLIC FAMILY FAITH site are featured on this page.
​Return here often for new ideas, articles, and resources.

NEW Resources Covid 19 - click HERE​

faith practice

Learning the Faith

• Curated Faith Formation Resources
• Teaching Catholic Kids
  

Prayers and Praying - Praying​

• Prayers during a Pandemic and in dealing with the Coronavirus
• Creating a Sacred Place in Your Home
• A How-to-Pray Primer for Parents and Families
• ​An Act of Spiritual Communion
• Guided Prayer  for Children!  Mary, Health of the Sick by Pope Francis
• Children's Guided Prayer and Meditation - Psalm 23
• Children's Guided Prayer and Meditation - Psalm 139
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Leadership

Current Research, Resources & Articles for Leaders

• Who's Responsible for Children's Faith Formation? 

church year

Mass/Sunday Worship & Lectionary Resources

• 52 Sundays
• ​How to Pray the TV Mass From Home
• Worship@Home
• How to make the most of Holy Week at home
  
• FREE Downloadable Lectionary eResources During Virus Outbreak 

Lent

• Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2020
• Lenten Season Resources
  • Twelve (Simple!) Ways to Celebrate the Annunciation
• Breaking Open the Word - Lent Cycle A
• Station of the Cross for Kids
• ​Prayers for Lent
• ​Complimentary access to online version of Magnificat!​​
• Complimentary access to digital version of Give Us This Day!
• ​​A Christian Passover Seder for Holy Thursday
• Lenten Hymn - Were You There?

​Easter

• Easter Season Resources
• Breaking Open the Word - Easter Cycle A

Current Events

• A Faith Response to the Coronavirus/Una Respuesta de Fe al Coronavirus​

Media

New Movies for Older Kids

• JoJo Rabbit
• Emma

 ​New Movies for Young Families

• Onward
• Call of the Wild
• Doolittle

​Programs on Streaming Services

• Common Sense Media
• ​Unplugged Online
• Best Kids TV, video,etc. during the Virus Outbreak​

Family

Parenting

• General - Family Life in a Pandemic
• Adolescents - Teen Cell Phone Contract

​Partnering with Parents

• On Family Faith Formation in the Parish
• Resources for Families During the Coronavirus Outbreak
• ​Fun and Educational Things to do with the Kids while at Home
• A Short Video with Advice for Parents during Virus Isolation

Having Difficult Conversations

• Talking with Children about the Coronavirus

Issues Families Deal With:  Mental Health Issues

• ​Offering Hope for Traumatized Kids​​

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