Rocking the Cradle Catholic

by Mary Moore

Raising healthy, holy, Catholic children is no easy task. Rocking the Cradle Catholic uses humor and simple, everyday examples - from how to choose a godparent, to prioritizing your vocation and other ministry work, to teaching children about war - in order to guide parents in practical imitation of the Holy Family. Recognizing parents as the primary catechists and family as the domestic church. Rocking the Cradle Catholic is meant to offer encouragement while challenging Catholic parents to be even more committed to their vocation of marriage and family life. Each chapter includes questions for contemplation and action that can be used for personal prayer or within a group setting.

122 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2009

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Reviews

[Patrick]

These chapters are fine blog posts or magazine articles. They are too short to really qualify as book chapters. The content is fine - it is just hard for me to call what appears to be a collection of rather brief articles a book. Each chapter is about four pages - and 1-2 of them is usually the prayer and action takeaways from the 1-2 pages of content. There isn’t anything holding them together - other than the general theme of Catholic family life - and there isn’t much to each one. I think there are simply better books on this topic.

[Marie]

I will enjoy referring to and using this book frequently throughout the next 16 years:)

[Teri]

We read this book as a parish moms' group and it was perfect for that.

[Kathleen]

This is an easily digestible and practical book with many great ideas.