Family Consecration Prayer
(from One More Gift by Fr. Luigi Faccenda, OFM Conv, p. 108, published by Immaculata Press, W. Covina, CA)

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O Immaculata, Queen of heaven and earth, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. On this day, we the (Family surname) family, consecrate ourselves to you as your possession and property. We praise God because He has brought us together to give ourselves to you our Mother. We do this because Jesus said on the cross, "Behold your Mother." We need you, Mother Mary, to help us to be a truly Catholic family. Enter into our family life. Repeat to us the words you spoke at Cana, "Do whatever He tells you."
Help us to overlook one another's faults, to forgive as Jesus has forgiven and to love one another as our Lord has asked to love. Please use our family to crush the head of the serpent. Ask your spouse, St. Joseph, protector of the Universal Church, to keep us one in mind and heart with your Son's Vicar, Pope Benedict XVI.
Today you have become the Queen of our hearts and home. May our home be a "City of the Immaculate," where the Sacred Heart of Jesus reigns forever.

Lenten Calendar for Children -

Family links:
Grace Before Meals
Catholic Icing - great site for ideas for children's crafts to reinforce the Catholic faith
Eucharistic Adoration for children - "Children of Hope"