This simple devotion introduced by St. Faustina Kowalska in 1935 focuses on God’s mercy, and is easy for kids to learn. Here’s how to pray it, plus a history of the devotion and two videos you can show your kids.
How to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy • Prayers for Catholic kids
Meet St. John Baptist de La Salle! • Saints for kids
The teacher is thrashing boys who don’t know their Latin!” Fortunately, St. John Baptist de La Salle is on the scene . . . and he has a better way to teach the poor boys of Paris!
Clothing the naked and sheltering the homeless
One of my favorite saints’ stories is about St. Martin of Tours. As the legend goes, one day, Martin, a young soldier, saw a beggar on the side of the […]
Forgiveness algebra: The other side of the equation
Every Catholic knows forgiveness algebra: 7 x 70 times = the number of times we should forgive someone who hurts us (see Matthew 18:22, RSV). Maybe the reason it gets […]
Saint Macarius • Saint stories
How much do you like your vegetables? St. Macarius ate nothing but vegetables and bread crumbs for seven years!