• Pray together as a family: By praying grace before meals, prayers before bedtime and the family rosary.

 

• Go to Mass as a family: It may be difficult, but not impossible.

 

• Place a holy water font near the front door: You and your family can bless themselves as they come and go from the house.

 

• Display: Religious imagery in the home.

 

• Have a family prayer board: Where prayer intentions can be posted.

 

• Celebrate the Church's liturgical calendar in the home: For example, an Advent wreath, religious Advent calendars, a crib, Lenten prayers, Easter candle.

 

• Keep the feasts of the saints: After which family members are named.

 

• Make a family pilgrimage: Here are some local shrines in the area.

 

• Read bible stories: With your children.

 

• Read the stories of the saints: With the whole family.

 

• Use craft materials: To create images of faith, like rosaries or crosses.

 

• Trace the sign of the cross on each other's foreheads: Before journeys, at bedtime, before school, at the end of family prayers.

 

                                                                                                 
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