January 23, 2026
by Lindsay Carr
Jan 23, 2026
Happy Friday, friends! 💖
This week, as we continue through Ordinary Time, the Church invites us to slow down and keep learning how to follow Jesus in our everyday lives.
We’re reflecting on Saint Thomas Aquinas, a saint who loved to learn and ask a lot of questions - not to show how smart he was, but because he wanted to know God better. For families with young children, his story is a beautiful reminder that curiosity, wonder, and learning are all gifts from God.
with joy,
the All Saints Play team
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This week we get to celebrate one of the Church's newest and most relatable saints — a teenager who loved video games, soccer, and his friends, just like any other kid. But more than anything, he loved Jesus, especially in the Eucharist. His name was Carlo Acutis, and he was canonized just last year, in 2025.
If your family has ever wondered whether holiness is really po...
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This coming week is a lovely double feature: a saint who found God in every bird, flower, and creature he met, and a feast honoring one of the Church's most beloved prayers, held bead by bead in our hands. Between the two, it's a week full of wonder - noticing God both in creation around us and in quiet prayer within us.
"At all times and seasons, in every country and ...
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This might be our favorite week of the whole year to write to you, because this week, we get to celebrate the saint our newsletter is actually named after: St. Thérèse of Lisieux, and her beautiful spirituality known as "the Little Way."
Thérèse never did anything the world would call impressive. She lived a short, hidden life as a young nun, far from fame or grand achi...