Best Practices : Sacraments

5 July 2010 Crossing the Language Divide

A practical, simple way to be able to give homilies in languages besides your mother tongue.

Bringing Kids to Eucharistic Adoration: Two Easy Ways

Effectively engaging children in Eucharistic Adoration often means bringing the entire family closer together and closer to Christ.

Getting More Families to Sunday Mass

Using the religious education program to motivate Mass attendance.

Young People Learn True Meaning of Happiness

Parish Uses “Healing the Culture” Program to Educate Its Youth

Boys' involvement in Mass increases 500%

By returning to more demanding altar server practices, two men were able to increase participation at their parish from 10 to 60.

Archdiocese Endorses Marriage Seminar That Gets Strong Results

Marrying couples respond positively to solid Catholic theology

A Parish Retreat That Overflows - in Numbers and in Grace

Matthew Kelly's retreats spark conversions and and a new impulse toward holiness among parishioners.

Innovative CD Distribution Program Gives Dramatic Results

Lighthouse Catholic Media's free CD distribution program is reclaiming fallen-away Catholics and increasing the zeal of ordinary parishioners.

Making the Offertory Collection Meaningful

Slowing down the offertory collection makes parishioners more aware of its meaning and increases donations.

Balancing "Ordinary" and "Extraordinary"

Pastors enrich parish worship through flexible application of the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum without causing controversy.