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What You Will Find Here 

We know that the family table can be holy ground. At the same time, real life brings many challenges. What we offer here is gentle encouragement and modest goals. Our hope is to share with you resources that work in real life, more firmly rooting you in your own practice of the family table—and connecting your family to one another and to the Lord. 

Our Holy Days section offers many ways to live into the rhythm of the liturgical year. Choose a particular feast day or season, and you will find various elements: a simple explanation of the observance, a recipe or menu idea, and, always, a prayer to include at your table. (Here’s St. Joseph’s Day, for example.) 

Family Days offers similar resources centered on the special days in your own family, whether they are sacramental occasions like baptism, or just an important days in your family’s life–perhaps a birthday, the start of school, or even a hard day that brings loss. 

Our Everyday section offers resources that are not connected to any particular occasion, but rather offer broader support: check out our essays on beginning to celebrate the Church year, welcoming neurodivergent kids to the table, or Every-Occasion Sugar Cookies, always ready to be thawed and baked quickly. 

Come to the Table is rooted in the theology and liturgical life of the Catholic Church, but we warmly welcome anyone who finds our resources helpful. 

What You Won’t Find Here 

We are not aiming for a social-media-perfect family table. We know that life can be busy and demanding, and so we try to keep it simple. There is a time and place for painstaking effort, but here we assume that time and energy are precious.  (Our recipes often include unapologetic shortcuts!) We hope this website is an everyday companion that reaches you where you are and helps you just to take that next step.