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Family Activities, Projects and Devotions for Experiencing Holy Week [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus]
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Posted on 04/16/2011 10:48:13 AM PDT by Salvation

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Create a family centerpiece for the week using Sunday's palms from mass as the focal point.  Have a special family dinner together on Holy Thursday and think of ways to, as a family, "wash the feet" of people in need in your parish or community.  As a family, take the day off on Good Friday and attend services at your parish.  Accompany your children to church and participate in the Stations of the Cross at a level they can understand - as a family unit you can "do" your own stations - spend a few moments contemplating each station and discussing quietly and reverently with your child the true meaning of each station.  Say a quiet prayer at the end of each Station.

Have you taken advantage of the Sacrament of Reconciliation to fully prepare yourself for Easter this year?  If your parish offers a penance service, take your children and explain to them the Sacrament.  Even young children who have not as yet received the Sacrament will benefit from attending the prayer service and having an examination of conscience described to them in terms they can understand.  While you go to confession, ask your child to pray for you...we need all of the prayers we can get!

On Holy Saturday, make a tradition of coloring Easter eggs as a family reflecting on the beauty of new life.  Tie this tradition to the Church's joy at the Resurrection of Jesus and our treasuring of the sanctity of all new life.  Pray as a family for the countless people who will enter our Church at the Easter Vigil mass through the RCIA program.  You may even want to contact your parish and "adopt" a candidate for whom your family will pray during  Holy Week.  Light a candle each evening and pray for this person and all who are being baptized and coming into full Communion with the Church.  As a family, make attending Mass on Easter Sunday the highlight of your celebration.  Rejoice at the Resurrection of our Lord!  Read the gospel as a family as a highlight at your Easter meal.



TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; History; Orthodox Christian
KEYWORDS: catholic; family; holyweek

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1 posted on 04/16/2011 10:48:19 AM PDT by Salvation
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The following are some additional resources for you to help you learn more about and fully participate in Holy Week:

2 posted on 04/16/2011 10:49:19 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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Additional Family Activities:

3 posted on 04/16/2011 10:50:05 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: nickcarraway; NYer; ELS; Pyro7480; livius; ArrogantBustard; Catholicguy; RobbyS; marshmallow; ...

Catholic/Orthodox Family Ping!


4 posted on 04/16/2011 10:52:37 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Kolokotronis

Orthodox Ping?


5 posted on 04/16/2011 10:53:20 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation

We pray the Divine Mercy novena as a family. I tear up every time too!


6 posted on 04/16/2011 11:57:50 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: Salvation
Thanks for Posting this.

The coloring links are great. The Grandkids happened to be over and I printed out about a dozen of them to take home and color [I'm coloring one too :-)].

It's especially neat as our Granddaughter is making her First Holy Communion on Sat, the 30th so as she colors she can think of that big day too.

7 posted on 04/16/2011 12:56:36 PM PDT by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits [A.Einstein])
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**[I’m coloring one too :-)]**

LOL!

I would be tempted to do the same with the grandchildren. Give your grand-daughter a hug for me.


8 posted on 04/16/2011 12:58:46 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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:-) Yes I will give her a hug.

Re my 'coloring' - I use colored pencils in my work - CAD Drawings, and normally just need Red and Yellow. When I complete drawing something I color in (shade) the Arch's Blueprint with Red or Yellow so I know I'm done with 'it', and also to track a 'System' through a building.

But I recently had a complicated project with one System that had 21 'sub-sections', so I needed more colored pencils and had to get a box of Crayola's.

In Professional Drafting (Architectural & Mechanical) the 'coloring' (shading) we did to a Paper & Pencil Drawing has some fancy French word that I can't spell, it's pronounced -- 'Pooh-shay-ing'.
So when I saw one of the outlined pics, I thought, 'Hey I'll 'Pooh-shay' this' with my colored pencils and see how it looks :-)
9 posted on 04/16/2011 1:27:17 PM PDT by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits [A.Einstein])
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that sounds like an interesting career, but way beyond my understanding. Blessings to you and your family this week.


10 posted on 04/16/2011 2:56:09 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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11 posted on 04/16/2011 2:56:56 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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