Family

Faith formation resources for use with parents and their children. Help parents fully step into their role as primary catechist of their own kids!

Category	Family Resources for the Home Resources to send home with families to enrich their faith life as the Domestic Church.	View all
Category	Family Resources for the Parish An assortment of parish-hosted faith formation sessions for serving families, either for parents and children to attend together or for parents or children to attend on their own.	View all
Category	Celebrate Family Help families share faith throughout the church year with this seasonal treasure trove of ideas and programs.	View all
Category	First Steps for Families • First Steps for Families Gently invite parents to take on the baptismal role of primary catechist with a 15-minute family session designed to fit right into your regular catechetical program for children plus a take-home activity. These resources are designed to help faith formation leaders invite parents to take the first significant steps into the parish faith formation program.	View all
Inter generational Session	Brave Movie Night • Faith Festivals Invite families to join together in watching Brave. This movie focuses on family relationships by sharing an adventurous tale about a princess and her mother, the queen. • By Tom East		View all
Inter generational Session	Mary Poppins • Faith Festivals Movie Night Invite families to join together in watching a family classic movie, Mary Poppins. This movie reminds us of the importance of taking time to really notice each other and to notice the needs around us. • By Tom East		View all
Inter generational Session	The Croods Movie Night • First Steps for Families Invite families to join together in watching a recent family movie, "The Croods." This movie challenges us to be brave in the face of changes reminds us of the importance of taking time to say the things that need to be said to each other. • By Tom East		View all
Category	Faith Festivals • Faith Festivals A wide variety of 90-minute, seasonal, intergenerational learning sessions.	View all
Category	FamilyFaith@Home Resources are designed to help families engage in shared prayer, faith sharing, service, and reflection about justice together.	View all
Inter generational Session	The Lego Movie • Faith Festivals Movie Night This event engages families in watching the movie and making connections between the characters’ struggles and their own. • By Jane Angha		View all
Category	Gather Us In - Tools for Forming Families Icebreakers, Social & Service Activities, Events, Rituals & Prayer Bring families of all ages and backgrounds together through play, learning, and prayer! If you're looking to strengthen your parish community—to encourage families to work and play together while sharing and living out their faith—the tools in this resource will make it easy. This extensive toolkit offers a wealth of fun and thought-provoking suggestions for jump-starting the process, drawn from Kathleen O'Connell Chesto's decades of experience leading whole family catechesis. • By Kathleen O'Connell Chesto	View all
Inter generational Session	The Good Dinosaur • First Steps for Families Movie Night Gather families to watch the movie and discuss its themes. • By Jane Angha		View all
Prayers & Rituals	Blessing of a Family Meal Table • Generations of Faith Use this to bless your family's meal table.	View all
Home Activity	Exploring the Mission of Our Family: Our Church of the Home • Generations of Faith (English & Spanish) A family reflection that focuses on our family mission: to love God, to love each other, to forgive, to serve, to reach out to those in need.		View all
Inter generational Session	The Responding Community • FIRE The Family Feud: The Story of Jacob This session is meant to foster communication around the difficult problem of family fighting. The Jacob and Esau story is used to point out what a common thing feuding is between siblings, and the fact that God can use anything—even family fights—to fulfill the divine promises. • By Kathleen O'Connell Chesto		View all