Do you read religious bedtime stories to your kids? You can make those stories do double duty by weaving in practices from lectio divina, the ancient way of praying with sacred texts.
Make bedtime sacred story time with your kids
Six evening prayer options for Catholic families • Prayers for Catholic kids
There are many, many ways for your kids to make an evening offering at the end of the day. Here are six options for different ages and prayer styles.
Meet St. Catherine of Alexandria | Saints for Kids
As a young girl, Catherine always had her nose in a book. If she didn’t have her nose in a book, she was asking the wisest men and women of the land all sorts of questions. There were plenty of books and plenty of wise people around, because Catherine lived in the great port city of Alexandria, Egypt—home of the biggest library in the world—and her father was the governor.
Meet St. Clare of Assisi: A little holy stubbornness • Saints for kids
When her father stormed the church with armed men, Clare calmly explained that she had given her life to Christ—and clung to the altar with supernatural strength when the count tried to drag her home. Read the story of a saint whose holy stubbornness wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Celebrate the Venerable Nano Nagle
Nano Nagle founded a whole network of secret Catholic schools for Ireland’s poor
