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Parish Visit

St. Ann’s Mission Catholic Church Palisade, Colorado Traveling as a family cross-country means we make time to find a church to attend on Sunday morning. We were heading to Grand Junction, Colorado for a family wedding of a beloved cousin. The wedding was wonderful. We were so glad to see our family and celebrate aContinue reading “Parish Visit”

Lesson 21: Sacramental Learning

The Mass and Holy Eucharist *****Read Lessons 26-28 in the St. Joseph Baltimore Catechism Book #2 **** This sacrament infuses into the soul great interior peace, a strong inclination to virtue, and great willingness to practice it, thus rendering it easy to walk in the path of perfection. St. Alphonsus Liguori In this week’s sacramentalContinue reading “Lesson 21: Sacramental Learning”

Advent Devotional

There are many things families can do during Advent to enrich your season. We have many ideas available within our website and an entire page dedicated to Advent Resources. For our 2023 Advent we found a new addition to our seasonal collection. I stumbled upon it shortly after Advent began and was enchanted by theContinue reading “Advent Devotional”

Lesson 7: Sacramental Learning

Baptism is the sacrament through which we are freed from sin, become children of God and members of Christ and his Church, and share in the Church’s mission. Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua), and the door which gives access to theContinue reading “Lesson 7: Sacramental Learning”

Lesson 3: Sacramental Learning

What is a Sacrament? During sacramental learning weeks we will cover lessons that pertain to sacramental preparation. We have one child in the first year of Confirmation preparation and this will be a main focus; thinking about Confirmation. Our lessons will be varied and not necessarily align with our parish’s lesson plans for the sacramentalContinue reading “Lesson 3: Sacramental Learning”

Catechism Bulletin Board

This bulletin board came about through need. One: the need for the children to have something visual to see and Two: as parents we needed to have focus to keep us consistent in teaching. As we journey through the year for Family Faith Formation we determined that to provide supplemental lessons to our children atContinue reading “Catechism Bulletin Board”