Marriage and Family
Reflections and guidance on building a family that is strong, loving, fun, and open to everything that God wants to give us.

Recent articles from The Word Among Us
View articles recently featured in The Word Among Us Catholic Magazine.

Winning Our Kids to Christ
"The Blessing" - How a seemingly insignificant family prayer tradition became so important.
By Jan Petroni Brown

The Pitfalls of Over-Scheduling
Achieving a balance between family life and kid's activities
By Jackie Duda

Getting Your Teenager "Hooked" on Mass
Transforming Sunday morning resistance into excitement
By Debra Tomaselli

A Far-Out, Crazy Idea for Couples during Lent
By Kevin and Louise Perrotta

Losing Your Cool with Your Kids? Here’s a Better Way!
By Gary Direnfeld, MSW

Some Online Resources for Family Prayer

circleofgrace.com
A Web site based on the book, Circle of Grace, which contains how-to's, prayers, and a place for parents to share their stories and prayers.

familyrosary.org
Sponsored by Holy Cross Family Ministries, this Web site features prayers families can say each day plus discussion questions and suggested activities for each day of the week.

liturgyhours.org
The Church's Liturgy of the Hours for morning, evening, and night of each day can be found at this Web site.

catholic.org
One section of this site contains a long list of traditional Catholic prayers, including beautiful litanies your family might enjoy.

cptryon.org
Part of the Catholic Web site Bread on the Waters, this section of the site has prayers appropriate for small children, plus an entire section on prayers for Advent.