Rave Review

If you're tired of the endless parade of children's books that chronicle the story of creation and Noah's ark as if they are the only two child-friendly accounts in the Bible, you'll love The Lord's Prayer by Tim Ladwig (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2002).

A great gift for Baptism, First Communion, or just because, Ladwig illustrates the Our Father with watercolor and acrylic pictures of an African American dad and his daughter. The father brings the Lord's Prayer to life for his little girl as they go about their day, helping an elderly neighbor. They eat lunch together on the porch (give us this day our daily bread) and the girl returns to her neighbor a medallion she finds in the grass (lead us not into temptation). The realistic yet beautiful illustrations make reading this book aloud to a child a prayer in itself.

Family Spirituality

Families are coming to recognize that their daily life together as a family offers wonderful opportunities to deepen their relationship with God. Below is a list of short articles that treat the topic of spirituality in the family.

Faith is best served family style, an interview with Kathleen O'Connell Chesto
Prayer works
Spirituality & Paradox
Six daily routines to foster faith
Recreation: Have more of less
Get spiritually unstuck
Share special intentions
Give your kids heavenly vision (10 ways)
Live in the solution
Make more of idle times
How to spot the Holy Spirit
Importance of family meals


Prayers for and about families

Parents' prayer for the beginning of the school year
Reflection on hope
Report Card Prayer


Living Faith: a collection of Cathy O’Connnel-Cahill’s columns from At Home with our Faith.

What’s your family motto?
Can’t hear yourself think?
Who’s leading whom?
Who, me, an ascetic?
What’s your spiritual IQ?
The meaning of time


Special series: Families can get more out of Mass

Saturday night special
Get back on the path
What’s on your mind?
Can you believe it!
The faithful pray
What gifts we bring
Who is our host?
An outbreak of peace
Everybody has a hungry heart
Your mission, should you choose to accept it…