Ways to continue to learn and grow in your faith.
Adult Faith Forming Options
Virus Crisis Prayers
Social Justice Options
Family Faith Forming Activities: designed for families to use at home, these activities are short (usually only 5-10 minutes) and include family conversations, Bible activities, prayer experiences, and more.
Seasonal Activities @ Home. Try these activities at home for the month of May..
Worship at Home
How to Pray the TV Mass from Home. Some very practical and helpful suggestions for getting the most of your live streamed mass.
1. Create a prayer altar under your TV or streaming device. Place a candle and cross on it.
2. Open your Bible to the gospel of the day and place it on your home altar.
3. Get dressed as you normally would when going to Mass.
4. Bless yourselves by making the Sign of the Cross as you enter the space
5. Take a few moments of silence before Mass begins.
6. Fully participate in the mass: sing, stand, sit, kneel, etc.
7. Have breakfast together afterward, or call a loved one to connect with.
Message from Pope Francis.
- Hope in a Time of Crisis: Walking the Way of the Cross with St. Oscar Romero presented by Fumi Tosu.
- Homilies: Listen/read homilies from previous weeks at St. Charles.
- GIFT. Engage in past GIFT sessions. (GIFT = Growing in Faith Together). The in-person sessions we have conducted over the last three years are duplicated online and ready for you to use.
Virus Crisis Prayers
Social Justice Options
- Two Feet of Love in Action: Explore two complementary ways we can put the Gospel in action in response to God's love.
- Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching : Read more about the principles of Catholic social teaching as outlined by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
- CST 101 Video: Care for God's Creation. Watch a 4 minute clip illustrating the principle of the Care for God's Creation. For more Catholic Social Teaching videos visit Catholic Relief Services.
Family Faith Forming Activities: designed for families to use at home, these activities are short (usually only 5-10 minutes) and include family conversations, Bible activities, prayer experiences, and more.
- Creating an Altar at Home
- Getting Along
- Welcoming Spring
- Reading Psalm 23 with God
- Take a Spring Break
- Doodling Our Faith Stories
- Take Root, Sprout, Grow
- Alleluia Chain
- Come, Eat Breakfast
Seasonal Activities @ Home. Try these activities at home for the month of May..
- Great Moms Around Us
- May Day Thank You
- Spring Shower (of Kindness)
- Pentecost Prayer Labyrinth
- God in the Clouds
- Online/At Home Scavenger Hunt and Show & Tell Game
- Community Prayers
- Devotional Gardening
- Gratitude Walk
Worship at Home
How to Pray the TV Mass from Home. Some very practical and helpful suggestions for getting the most of your live streamed mass.
1. Create a prayer altar under your TV or streaming device. Place a candle and cross on it.
2. Open your Bible to the gospel of the day and place it on your home altar.
3. Get dressed as you normally would when going to Mass.
4. Bless yourselves by making the Sign of the Cross as you enter the space
5. Take a few moments of silence before Mass begins.
6. Fully participate in the mass: sing, stand, sit, kneel, etc.
7. Have breakfast together afterward, or call a loved one to connect with.
Message from Pope Francis.