Saturday, February 4
Celebrating Families

Today we celebrate the domestic Church, the “Church of the home” and the support that parents and guardians provide to Catholic schools. 

Parents are the first teachers of the faith to their children. Catholic schools support parents in their ministry of handing on the faith to the next generation. The Take Home and Get Connected pages in each chapter of Blest Are We Faith in Action and the With My Family page in each chapter of Be My Disciples help parents continue reflection on God’s Word, prayer, and faith-sharing in the home. 

Three Ways to Celebrate the Family-School Connection

1. Create a large-scale family tree celebrating all families in the school.
2. Host a potluck dinner and a game marathon for families and friends of the school.
3. Send families a care package that includes a recipe/coupon, prayer, and game to play together. Include the Take Home, Get Connected, or With My Family pages from Blest Are We Faith in Action and Be My Disciples. Our Family Prays is a resource with blessings, traditional prayers, and prayers for families throughout the liturgical year. Consider gifting this to families as part of the care package.

• Send families a digital care package that includes a recipe/coupon for pizza, prayer, and game to play together/video to watch. 
• Invite families to submit a photo to be used to create a school family digital photo album. 
• Host a family prayer, inviting families to log on to pray a decade of the Rosary together or pray a special prayer for families. A resource that will assist in planning a prayer service is Our Family Prays with blessings, traditional prayers, and prayers for families throughout the liturgical year. You may want to consider gifting to families in thanksgiving for their support to your school.

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Family Life, Our Family Devotions, and Our Family Prays 

In addition to its best-selling Family Life series, RCL Benziger offers two resources for devotional and seasonal prayer in the home. Our Family Devotions celebrates the many ways that Catholics throughout the world celebrate their faith. Each of the thirty-nine devotions provides a background page and suggestions for celebrating the devotions as a family. Our Family Prays offers seasonal and daily prayer suggestions for families.

Find additional resources for families from RCL Benziger at - OurFamilyFaith.com