This is a great overview approach to religious formation for parents who have kids in secular schools and/or who work outside the home, as well. For our family, we do most of the below. We also try to live the liturgical year as much as possible, incorporating cuisine and prayers that pertain to feast days. We also celebrate our kids’ feast days as if they were birthday celebrations.
My son, visiting Jesus.
I am a pastoral minister by profession. I have a degree in Theology, and I’m enraptured with all things related to Catholic doctrine and spirituality. At heart, I’m an evangelist, and therefore, my children’s formation is exceedingly important to me. I want them to know the faith, but more importantly, I want them to be disciples of Jesus Christ. I don’t want them to become a statistic.
I’m not going to sugar coat things. For the past 40+ years, the Catholic Church in America has been following a religious education model that is not as effective as it once was. The culture has shifted right out from under the feet of pastoral ministers working diligently to pass on the faith. Further, as Sherry Weddell says in her book, Forming Intentional Disciples, a majority of Catholics in our country have been sacramentalized, but not effectively evangelized.
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Pray. Work. Motherhood. 
Thank you for sharing this. It’s so good to know there are others out there who share similar concerns and situations. Godspeed!
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