These family plans don’t have to be spiritually driven, Bishop Izen said, but should be something special for summer. However, he also encouraged Catholics to not take vacation from their prayer.
“We have to be more intentional about making that work and that when we’re in a new setting, maybe it’s vacation, maybe it’s just some downtime, we want to be careful not to take that vacation from prayer,” Bishop Izen said. “It’s the spiritual nourishment that is part of what the rest is. … To rest with the Lord is something we need to do.