Marlene Halpin, OP

Articles by Marlene Halpin, OP

• Helping People Pray: Prayer Is Always Possible!

  Looking for a way to teach children to pray? Download the free article Prayer Is Always Possible which contains practical tips on teaching prayer.

• Helping People Pray: Becoming Quiet to Pray

  Teaching children to pray helps them become aware of God. Explore these practical tips to help children quiet themselves and prepare for prayer.

• Helping People Pray: God’s Will for Us

  How do we explain to children what God’s will is? In the Lord's Prayer we learn that God’s will has to do with willing good towards others.

• Helping People Pray: Prayer Begins with God

  How do you describe prayer to a child? Here are three ways to talk about prayer and to help children respond to God in prayer.

• Helping People Pray: Praying Through the Day

  Help children to discover ways to pray throughout the day. Praying during simple activities helps children learn to stay in touch with God all day.

• Helping People Pray: The God Who Is Creating You

  There are many different ways to pray and to be with God. Discover how you can grow in prayer and in your relationship with God.

• Helping People Pray: Uneasy About Teaching Prayer?

  Uneasy about teaching prayer? Learn how to help children pray by using your and their real-life experience to approach God.

• Helping People Pray: Using Stories to Pray

  A great way to engage children in prayer is to use stories to pray. Good stories can be found in folk tales, children's books, videos, and the Gospels.

• Helping People Pray: What Can You Expect from Prayer?

  What can you expect from prayer and from God? Learning more about who God can help answer these questions. Find out how at Loyola Press.

• Helping People Pray: What Is Praying?

  How do we explain to children what prayer is? Read the answer to this question and more about how we can help children trust in and pray to God.

• Helping People Pray: Who Loves You Most of All?

  What can you do to help children tap into God's love for them? How will this help children deal with the hurts and rejections of life?

• Helping People Pray: Why Pray?

  Why pray? Prayer is an important way to grow closer to God and to gain a better sense of who we are and how to live our lives with joy.