Parent Resources and Links

Parent Resources: Helping You Pass On Your Faith to Your Children

Click on the links below to be connected with pages on this website full of helpful information for all parents. For non-Catholic school families please find more information on parish/cluster based faith formation under the "Faith Formation" page. Families interested in Catholic School education and formation can click on the "Trinity Catholic School" (TCS) page to learn more about our fantastic Catholic School. Also below we hope to provide web links to websites and blogs dedicated to supporting Catholic parents.

Partners in Faith Parent Newsletters

Please click on link above to go to the latest Partners in Faith Newsletter

Website Links

Be My Disciples.com

Be My Disciples is the faith formation textbook series used for 1st-8th grade formation at both our catholic school and parish faith formation programs. In addition to being a wonderful series, they have an interactive website that anyone can access. Check out the student and parent pages to learn more about what your students are learning in class, play games, and read the articles specifically for parents in Parenting 101.

Outside da Box ministries: Many engaging 6-8 minute videos on a variety of Catholic topics.

ThePracticingCatholic.com: blog and practical information on how to live out your Catholic faith in the everyday struggles and joys of life. From Deacon Joel and Lisa Schmidt from Des Moines. Lisa is a columnist, Catholic radio host, and writer.

Catholicmom.com: Loads of articles on faith, family life, kids activities, movie reviews and much more specifically to help Catholic Moms.

Catholicfamilyfaith.org: A lot of resources for Catholic families. Articles for parents, activities, and more.

Archdiocese Protection of Children Resources.

Archdiocese on Pinterest: Great Games, Activities and Resources for you by subject. Click here to go directly to the Archdiocese Educational Resource Center's Pinterest page.

Helping Children Memorize Prayer

The following link is an article from the website: Peanut Butter & Grace: Catholic family life sweet and simple. It has some great tips and tricks to help your child memorize prayers. It also has some talking points for you when your child asks "Why" they need to memorize prayers.

https://www.pbgrace.com/prayer-by-osmosis-and-other-ways-to-help-your-kids-memorize-prayers/

Peanut Butter & Grace: Catholic Family life, sweet and simple: Many great articles with practical advice for parents (praying with kids, talking with kids and teens about faith, keeping kids save on-line, how to talk about the sex abuse scandal, etc. etc). Great activities such as their "Cooking with Kids" articles. Also books and other resources. This site is packed with great articles on a wide variety of topics.