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Preparing for Joseph with an Altar and Feast

March 12, 2021 By Elizabeth Brignac Leave a Comment

I grew up in New Orleans, a city with a strong Roman Catholic presence. A lot of the kids I knew attended Catholic schools. Statues of the Virgin Mary adorned every third front yard. Fridays in Lent meant that someone was always holding a fish fry.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: altar, Feast Days, food, home altar, St. Joseph

Breaking Down Barriers at Church

December 13, 2019 By Desi Allevato Leave a Comment

Families can participate in the life of the church through different, and sometimes unexpected, ways.

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: altar, altar guild, Children in church, church, ministry

I didn’t finish my altar or Lent Madness. But here’s my summer reading list. I hope!

May 20, 2017 By Nurya Love Parish 10 Comments

What my altar looks like today, how Lent Madness at home turned out, and some summer reading plans.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: altar, Lent Madness, reading, summer

Your Altars at Home

February 10, 2017 By Nurya Love Parish Leave a Comment

I asked for advice and inspiration on creating a place for prayer at home… and Grow Christians readers responded.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: altar, home altar, oratory, Prayer, prayer corner

My Little Amen Corner

January 17, 2017 By Pamela Lewis 2 Comments

My shrine is a holy zone and place of refuge – a place where I draw strength from God.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: Albrecht Dürer, altar, amen corner, Guyana, Holy Cross Monastery, holy water, oratory, Prayer, Rembrandt, rosary, shrine, The Last Supper

A special place for prayer at home?

January 9, 2017 By Nurya Love Parish 6 Comments

I’m getting ready to make a space for prayer at home. Do you already have one?

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: altar, home, icons, oratory, Prayer, prie-dieu, The Little Oratory

A traveling prayer altar helps me stay centered.

July 28, 2016 By Regina Walton 10 Comments

My travel prayer altar has helped keep me more spiritually centered, grounded, patient, and grateful on family vacations and at conferences.

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: altar, Prayer, summer, vacation

Bringing Easter into Our Home

April 11, 2016 By Heather Sleightholm 3 Comments

Taking down old palm crosses, putting up new ones, and making an Easter altar helps our family observe the season.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: altar, decorating, Easter, gardening, Palm Sunday

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