Welcome to a family experience we’ll offer monthly, beginning with September! These thoughts were distributed by the Knights of Columbus of the  Catholic Diocese of Dallas, Texas.

   Each month we’ll cover a different focus about family and include a line from Scripture, some Church wisdom, questions to discuss together and suggest a family project that makes faith practical.
Invite the Knights of Columbus from your Parish to  join you in some of your family projects!    Our prayer is that this monthly spiritual practice together will strengthen your bonds of love for
each other and deepen your faith in Jesus Christ. God bless you and every family you touch!  
 
       When you gather as family, here is a Prayer  composed by Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, MD.  the Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus:
 
   Heavenly Father, thank you for the gift of our family. Enlighten our hearts and minds that we may live more fully this vocation of love. In our daily life and work, may we reflect the self-giving love which you, O Father, eternally show with your Son and the Holy Spirit.

   Let your love be evident in the peace that reigns in our home and in the faith we profess and live. May our family always be a place of generosity, understanding, forgiveness and joy. Kindly give us the wisdom and courage to be witnesses to your eternal design for the family; and grant that the Holy Family of Nazareth may always guide our path to holiness as a family. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.