During February, the Church honors the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Catholics focus on the gifts we can receive from our families—especially love and forgiveness. Encourage your families to pray together this month, so they may build an ongoing practice of regular family prayer. Share The Hail Mary, a coloring and prayer activity that will help everyone memorize the words to this important prayer of the Church.
Even the youngest children will appreciate how they, like Jesus, are an important part of their families. Share these printable activities with your families—for Promise children (Grades K–1), The Holy Family helps them identify the daily roles each member of the Holy Family was likely to have played. In the Seeds version of this activity, preschool children will color a picture of the Holy Family and then draw their own families. Each of these activity pages is available in Spanish and English.
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