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​Family Rituals

Celebrating Rituals 

  • Ten Tips for Better Mealtimes (Loyola Press) Meal time is one of those daily activities that we can ritualize, offering prayer together, talking about our lives, creating stronger family bonds. 
  • Catholic Mom (CatholicMom.com) Celebrates all things faith, family, and fun from a Catholic perspective with columnists and contributors, a book club, music from an array of talented Catholic musicians, Sunday Gospel activities for children, and a weekly Catholic Moments Podcast with  interviews of special people doing extraordinary things to live out our Catholic faith and share it with others.
  • Catholic Moms Connect - Start a Group,  Find a Group, Listen to Interviews with moms, follow the Blog, etc.
  • Tips for Doing Ritual and Tradition in Families (Vibrant Faith Ministries) The Vibrant Faith at Home website has a great little presentation for parents on how to get started creating traditions and ritual in the family.   The presentation is very practical and realistic in offering parents encouragement to get out of their comfort zones and try something that can have a great effect.
  • The Power of Family Rituals (Loyola Press) 
  • Celebrating Advent with Your Family (Loyola Press) 
  • Catholic Family Fuel:  Family Rituals Celebrate Family Unity, God's Presence (Sr. Janet Schaeffler, OP) 
  • Planning and Understanding the Catholic Funeral (Our Sunday Visitor)
  • What every Catholic needs to know about funerals (Our Sunday Visitor)
  • ​"Forced Family Fun" - Tips for making forced family fun, less forced. A friend celebrated this tradition once a month, even when the kids reached those teenage years (or especially when they reached that age). Once a month the family penciled "forced family fun" on the calendar. Described as "forced" because there were no excuses, kids could tell friends, "sorry" I don't have a choice". This day was non-negotiable. The family headed off for fun, sometimes a simple day like hiking and a picnic, another day putt-putt golf, another day a theme park, and on rainy days, or snowy days, board games and movies. Those kids now in their 20's (with one approaching 30) all say they will do this in their families. What a great family tradition! 

Family Traditions

From Millennial Mom

Holidays are easy to ritualize 

Book Advent Calendar Idea from Six Sister's Stuff
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    • Catholic Social Teachings >
      • Life and Dignity of the Human Person
      • Call to Family, Community, and Participation
      • Solidarity
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    • Celebrating Rituals & Milestones >
      • Celebrating Rituals
      • Celebrating Milestones
    • Sharing Faith/Forming Disciples/Discerning Gifts
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  • Church Year
    • Mass/Sunday Worship & Lectionary Resources
    • Advent >
      • For Families
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    • Christmas >
      • For Families
      • For Parishes/Schools
    • Ordinary Time >
      • January/ February
    • LENT >
      • Lenten season resources
    • EASTER >
      • Easter Season Resources
      • Breaking Open the Word- Cycle C
    • Current Events >
      • Eucharistic Revival
      • Synod on Synodality
  • Sacraments
    • General
    • Sacraments of Initiation
    • Sacraments of Healing
    • Sacraments at the Service of Communion
  • Family
    • Parenting >
      • General
      • Young Children
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      • Special Needs
      • Empty Nest
    • Partnering with Parents
    • Parent Faith Formation
    • Grandparents >
      • Grandparent resources
    • Meaningful and/or Difficult Conversations >
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