Register your pre-schooler up through 5th grade for the PY Ecumenical Vacation Bible School (VBS). Got older kids? They can register as helpers! Build up the family with the Family Life Summer kit, available in English & Espanol. Register them for Kids’ Adventure Time. 
Middle Schoolers & Teens: Parents, use this for one of “the talks.” St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body offers clear answers about our identity, relationships, and sexuality. Teen version.
Got a graduate? There are 10 things s/he needs to know before leaving home.
For dating with wisdom, growing in marriage, and deepening your faith: Welcome to the rest of your life. There is also Fresh Start, a Catholic Dating and Marriage Discernment opportunity.
And sometimes mistakes are made. But God is good and always willing to forgive the repentant sinner. Despite of our mistakes, we need to take responsibility for our actions. Charity is walking beside others. Care Net and Pregnancy Care Center of the Valleys exist to help people finding themselves in unplanned pregnancies. Search for them in your location.
For young adults in Rochester: Find fellowship, fun & faith with others. JP2&Co. Community is a community of adults roughly ages 20-40; single, engaged, married; with kids, without kids; enjoying good company and the Catholic faith. JP2&Co. hosts a Sunday social at Church of the Assumption in Fairport (9:00-11:15 a.m.) the first Sunday of the month. Drop in any time! For more information about this young adult community, please email Liana at . Connect with others on social media: Facebook Growing in Faith Together | Evangelization and Catechesis And this podcast.
The newest edition of Creating A Safe Environment newsletter is available at https://www.dor.org/safe-environment/newsletters/ Feel free to share it with everyone.
Our NYS Bishops would like us to read, “Now and at the Hour of Our Death,” a revised and updated Catholic guide to end-of-life decision-making. Revised because NYS Physician Assisted Suicide goes into effect in August 2026.
Families of Character is an online source of parenting podcasts and digital products to help build stronger, more functional families. Parents, are you sharing God’s ongoing, tangible presence in the life of the family? The book, Faith Talks, Prayers and Easy Activities by Denise Utter offers loads of tips, tools, and ideas to help recognize and celebrate your Catholic faith every day. With prayers, reflection questions, and activities for young children through the teen years, “this little booklet is a treasure trove of faith practices and faith conversations – for your home.”
Formed, the Catholic Faith on Demand, makes the case for God’s love for us in The Search. View for free by using our parish subscription.
Relevant Radio, in cooperation with the University of Dallas, TX has something similar. It’s called The Quest. Relevant Radio+ is the digital video platform of Relevant Radio that is always 100% FREE, with no subscription fees. A wealth of Catholic content is available to stream including: Fr. Rocky’s 5-Minute Homilies, keynote addresses from the National Eucharistic Congress and the 2025 and 2026 SEEK conferences, the LIVE Family Rosary Across America®, the LIVE Divine Mercy Chaplet, and other inspiring videos designed to strengthen faith and build community.
Couples need to carve time out of their busy lives for each other. Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekends are for that purpose. They give couples time to focus on each other and deepen their communication. After the Encounter, couples often return to their life and families refreshed with renewed commitment to each other.
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For parenting: Our diocese provides us with many ideas to engage the senses in The Family Zone. Families of Character Online. Homeschoolers who want to follow a Montessori approach to passing on the faith, check this out! Local resources: Child & Family Resources, Inc.,
For teens: The Gospel According to Video Games, All Episodes | Catholic Central The Jubilee Mass for Youth
Need durable medical equipment? The Dresden First Aid Closet may have what you need. Borrowing is free, and you may borrow it for as long as you need it. Check the Closet inventory by calling or texting Deb Flood 607-316-4920. Equipment may be donated to the Closet if it is clean and in good condition.
For those experiencing grief: The Elizabeth Ministry welcomes all who grieve the loss of a child through miscarriage, still-birth or infant death. For those who grieve the loss of others, GriefShare, an international, Christian-based support group exists through ">St. Benedict’s Parish Wednesdays, online via Zoom or Thursdays, 11 AM – 1 PM at St. Mary’s Church, 95 N. Main St., Canandaigua. A bereavement support group is available in Penn Yan.
Previewing the Sunday and Holy Day readings can help us get more out of Mass! Two, free online sources for this are: Encountering the Word (for adults) and Holy Heroes Mass Prep (for children). When you come to Mass, look in the bookshelf for new titles to keep your little ones (2-7 yrs) focused on the Mass/our relationship with the Heavenly Host. (Please return to the bookshelf after use.)
Go to this site for the newest list of award-winning books for Catholics!
Enjoy this song that helps us to share the Good News within the family and with others.
Fr. Richard Rohr, a contemplative, offers daily meditations to help us in our prayer life.
How do you live out being a disciple in your everyday life? Get your Daily Bible Readings, Audio and Video Every Morning | USCCB or on any apps like Amen or Hallow. Dive into any of the collections on Formed. Do your learning as an individual, or get your friends together and do it as a small group!
If “discipleship is woven into the fabric of our normal lives in which knowledge, faith and practice are totally connected” we make the Kingdom tangible here and now. — Caesar Kalinowski