Use the following summaries and questions to help explain this month’s Gospels to your kids. August 4 — Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 12:13-21: Jesus tells the crowd a […]
August Gospels: Questions to ask your kids
July Gospels: Questions to ask your kids
Need help explaining the July Gospels to your kids? Our short summaries and discussion questions will provide just the conversation starter you need.
Who should stay and who should go? Sunday Mass problems
Scott Warden and his wife face a problem every Sunday: What do to with the squirmy, whiny two year old. There is no right or wrong way to navigate these waters, as every parent and every child is different. How do you handle it?
Mass with kids: 25+ strategies for a better experience
This article is adapted from 77 Ways to Pray with your Kids. The Eucharistic liturgy (the Mass) is the height of Christian prayer, and so essential to Christian life that […]
Why you should take little kids to Mass
If you’re like me, going to Mass with your kids isn’t always the easiest thing to do. Prying the children away from their Sunday morning play is often a 30-minute affair, one where the race to put shoes on children’s feet functions as a replacement for any planned weekend cardio. Even devout parents occasionally wonder to themselves, “What am I doing? Why do I endure this circus from week to week?” In the midst of the current scandals of the Church, I’m sure many parents have thought to themselves at least once or twice, “Will I really be missed?”
