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Resourcing Family Ministry |
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The number of books and resources on family spirituality and family ministry are on the increase. Here we introduce you to some of the materials that will be helpful to families and other resources that will of interest to those who are professionally involved in family ministry. We will offer a new contribution each month. |
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New DVD to Pray the Stations of the Cross |
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 The Diocesan Prayer and Spirituality Group is delighted to make available this beautiful prayer written and led by Fr Paul Clayton Lea PP of Clogherhead, Co Louth. We believe many families, teachers and people at home will use this to pray the stations especially throughout Lent and Easter. Just put it in your DVD Player and watch it on your TV set. Priced at cost £6.
Copies may be purchased from the Bookshop in St Patrick’s Cathedral , Armagh. |
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Marriage in the Year of Vocation |
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The theme for the Year of Vocation for June 2008 is marriage as vocation. The weekend of Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd June has been chosen as the weekend on which parishes will be encouraged to have a celebration of marriage as vocation.
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Everyone knows what anger is. But how do you express it without hurting others or hurting yourself? Uncontrolled anger can cost you your marriage, your job, relationships, health and the respect of your children and loved ones. If anger is starting to rule your life contact The Irish Association of Anger Management, Leinster office on 042 9351024 or Ulster office 028 9022 2633 or log onto www.difficultemotions.com to learn how you could temper your anger.
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Advent booklets for families |
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 Meeting with Fr Declan O'Loughlin is always a joy in itself. As well as that, his work as Diocesan Advisor for Religious Education in post-primary schools means that he always has ideas and resources to share. Recently he gave me copies of In the Presence of the Lord and Let's Light Up the Advent Wreath, two booklets that can families can use together enjoyable during Advent.In the Presence of the Lord, by Caroline Pignat, provides weekly Advent prayers and daily devotions to guide family prayer. The conversational tone, child-friendly concepts, and family activities encourage children to read and lead family prayer. |
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The Little Book of Christian Rituals in the Home |
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This lovely little book is a wonderful merging of contemporary and Celtic ritual and spirituality. Whilst beautiful in its simplicity it incorporates a wealth of ritualistic wisdom and prayer for all occasions ranging from joyful to solemn. Clear instructions are given into creating sacred space in the home and this book works equally well for those who wish to bring more Christian ritual into the home or for those who would welcome a re-introduction to Christian ritual in their lives. |
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Experiencing the Family Ministry co-ordinator course |
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In September 2006 six people from two parishes, Carlingford/Omeath and Lower Killeavy participated in family ministry co-ordinaor training organised by the Office of Pastoral Remewal and Family Ministry. As part of the pastoral plan in the diocese we aim to establish family ministry co-ordinators in every parish in the diocese. Here, Marie McMullan shares her memories of the first family ministry co-ordinator training course.
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 A few years ago I had the opportunity to listen to groups of parents of four and five year olds express their hopes for their children. In over fifty groups of parents one clear hope that was repeatedly expressed was the hope that their children would know the difference between right and wrong, that they would develop a moral sense.
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The Gospel According to the Simpsons |
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 I can't confess to being a big Simpsons fan but I do know that it is watched extensively in many homes all over Ireland. I get to see it when I visit Helen, Tim, Katie, Bethan and Eoghan because it's always on before the children go to bed. Other friends tell me that The Simpsons provide the quietest twenty-three minutes of the day with parents and children being "big fans."
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The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding our Families |
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 Mary Pipher's The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families offers a tremendously rich insight into the tasks of families in the modern world. She pinpoints the paradox that while society insists that it cherishes families, modern culture is 'at war' with families. She argues that families "have been invaded by technology, mocked or 'kitschified' by the media, isolated by demographic changes, pounded by economic forces and hurt by corporate bodies."
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Where Two or Three are Gathered: Christian Families as Domestic Churches |
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 It has often been said that the Church's social teaching is one of it's best kept secrets. It could also be said that the Church's teaching on the significance of family life for the life and mission of the church is one of its least explored teachings. The early Christian idea that family is a representation of the church resurfaced at a gathering of bishops in Rome in the 1960's with the description of family as the domestic church. It was as if the bishops went to the church's attic, took out one its most valuable treasures and dusted it off. Forty years later exploration on the meaning and potential of the teaching remains scant. For this reason Florence Caffrey Bourg's theological exploration of the church of the home in Where Two or Three are Gathered: Christian Families as Domestic Churches is extremely important and highly welcome.
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Welcome: prayers for new and pregnant parents |
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Welcome: prayers for new and pregnant parents is a collection of inpirational prayers that will enable parents and family members to invite the God of surprises into the journey of childbirth and will be an invaluable resourse for those who ministers to parents and families. |
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Reminders of God: Altars for Personal and Family Devotion |
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 Altars have a special place in this year of the Eucharist. Each of us has our favourite altars that are precious to us because of the role they have played in bringing us into communion with God at various times of our lives. Which is your favourite altar? Where is it? What are some of the occasions that you have gathered around that altar? With whom? What is it that makes that altar special to you?
I imagine that for most people reading this the altars they are familiar with are in church buildings or chapels or oratories. If this is so I might ask: have you ever had a personal altar, for example, in your bedroom or has your family ever created a family altar in your home? In her small readable book, Reminders of God: Altars for Personal and Family Devotion Anne Grizzle invites us to explore the benefits of having personal and family altars to enhance our personal prayer and the prayer life of our family. It is a book that is creative, inspirational and practical.
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Raising Faith-filled Kids |
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Raising faith Filled Kids: Ordinary Opportunities to Nurture Spirituality at Home is a practical handbook that will enrich parents in themselves and enable them to see how they can in simple and practical ways support the emotional, moral and spiritual development of their children.
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ASK – SEARCH – KNOCK - A movement of Continuous Prayer for Marriage and Family Life
What is it?
- started on 1st December 1998 by Fr. Johnny Doherty CSsR, this movement of prayer has spread through Ireland to England, Scotland, U.S.A., South Africa, Sweden & Australia by early 2002.
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