’Tis the season for gift-giving guides and black Friday sales that started a month ago. As active disciples in faith communities, …
Create, Contemplate, and Calm: Hosting an Arts Retreat for Advent
The season of Advent is marked by expectation and longing. We await the season of Christmas when we celebrate the birth of Christ. …
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Preparing our Hearts for Advent: An Intergenerational Celebration
Oh, the joys of the season of lights! We decorate our parishes and homes and open our hearts with expectation of what this new …
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Advent at Home in Community
A half-day retreat at a local farm and a bus trip to a Christian music theater worked...but how were we to educate about and …
Easter Craft: Resurrection Butterflies
"A fun tradition is to make them during Holy Week. You can then hide the butterfly chrysalises, to be revealed on Easter …
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Holy Week Art Project: Making Easter Flags
"Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the …
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At Home Activity: Pentecost Fire Sticks
"Honoring Pentecost in your household helps focus on the gift and the work of the Holy Spirit, which fills us at all times and in …
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Making Easter Butterflies, Alleluia!
"The children St. James hunt for their butterflies much like others hunt for eggs. Youth and families can be found looking for the …
6 Resources for Teaching The Ascension
"Christ is with us, in the Holy Spirit, and at the same time, he dwells in the heavenly realm. So it is that our prayers (like …
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