{"id":12592,"date":"2026-07-24T07:15:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/?p=12592"},"modified":"2026-07-22T08:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:55:59","slug":"faith-formation-news-272","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/2026\/07\/24\/faith-formation-news-272\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith Formation News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello Families,<\/span><\/p>\n

Like the person who found the buried treasure and the merchant who acquired the pearl of great price, we seek to find the signs of the kingdom of heaven in our lives. In fact, we even work to bring about God\u2019s kingdom in our actions and in our words. We pray that our family values reflect our pursuit of the kingdom of heaven. As Jesus\u2019 disciples, we place everything we value in the service of the pursuit of the Kingdom of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

As you gather as a family, talk about what your family values. Make a list together of those things that your family considers most important, such as family, friends, faith, trust, and love. Place this list before you as you read today\u2019s Gospel in its shorter form, Matthew 13:44-46. In these parables, Jesus teaches us that it is worth giving up even valuable things in order to possess the kingdom of heaven. Look at the list your family made and talk about how these things are important to the kingdom of heaven. What has your family given up to make these values important in your life? As Jesus\u2019 disciples, we place everything we value in the service of the pursuit of the Kingdom of God. Pray together for God\u2019s kingdom by praying the Lord\u2019s Prayer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Partners in Faith,
\n<\/span>Phyllis Chudzinski<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

52sundays.com<\/a>, loyolapress.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello Families, Like the person who found the buried treasure and the merchant who acquired the pearl of great price, we seek to find the signs of the kingdom of heaven in our lives. In fact, we even work to bring about God\u2019s kingdom in our actions and in our words. We pray that our…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith-formation","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12593,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12592\/revisions\/12593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}