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Official Prayer for Pope Leo XIV (Collect for the Pope, especially on the anniversary of election)

by HolyHeroes | May 8, 2025

Found in the Roman Missal, below is the Collect from the Mass for the Pope, especially on the anniversary of Election–please join us in prayer:

Celebrate St. Katharine Drexel’s Feast Day![coloring download]

Celebrate the feast day of St. Katharine Drexel! Plus–check out these easy and fun ways that you can celebrate this American saint’s feast!

Psst–can you share this blog with a Catholic teacher in your life? This is an awesome classroom resource!

Reclaim Car Time for Lent: 287 Moms told us how

Ken hoped in the car yesterday and made this short video to show you can use it to reclaim car time for Lent (inspired by the 287 Moms who shared their tips!).

5 Easy Ways to Pray the Stations of the Cross (especially with little kids!)

Have you always put off praying the Stations of the Cross during Lent because Friday evenings are an unrealistic time for your family to attend the parish Stations of the Cross during Lent?

Us too.

Here are our 5 tips for how you can pray the Stations of the Cross from home this Lent!

My daughter made me cry today (no, really)

We can spend most of our parenting worrying and questioning our decisions I don't think there is one parent (mother or father) who can say that they are 100% certain that they have made the correct choice for every parenting decision. We can discern each choice...

“I am blown away by this book”: Read the 100+ responses from Catholic families

Do you have a children’s book that your Protestant mother’s helper has been so captivated by that she reads it during nap time?

Yup, that is a REAL review we have received for this book. I wanted to share a few with you:

Celebrate Our Lady of Lourdes: Fun Facts & Coloring Page

Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes (February 11) with our coloring download!

Also check out these 10 things you might not know about St. Bernadette or Lourdes!

Celebrate St. Jose Sanchez del Rio with a free (bi-lingual) coloring download!

For February 10th, celebrate the feast day of this amazing young saint with our FREE coloring page–available with either English or Spanish accompanying captions!

And–listen to the audio story of his life (also available in English and Spanish).

Feast of the Presentation Coloring Page [free download]

We are celebrating the Feast of the Presentation on February 2nd! Get our FREE coloring download and check out our 21 tips for praying a family rosary!

[UPDATED] We finally figured out the phone thing with our LAST child (moral: don’t be like us)

With eight children, you would think we would have figured out the phone thing before now.

We tried so many things—but when it came to needing a phone for Caroline, we were still stumped. She is the youngest we have ever considered getting a phone for, but with her recently being accepted to a youth orchestra as a cellist, she needed a way to reach us when she is at rehearsals.

After more research, we have finally found a solution!