Today is Spy Wednesday!
30 Coins Hidden
Tenebrae means “shadow” or “darkness.” The Liturgy of the Hours is chanted and with the completion of each reading, a candle is extinguished until the church is pitch black.
Last Minute Resources for Holy Week: Traditions, Crafts and Videos
March 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
December Saints Days and ADVENT!
December 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
December Saints Days and ADVENT!
Equipping Catholic Families for December Saints!
It’s December and Advent starts THIS SUNDAY!
Here is our monthly summary of crafts and family traditions related to the Monthly Devotion, Key Feast Days, and the appropriate Season of the Liturgical Calendar: Advent!
10 Tips Fostering Everyday Holiness and Happiness in the Home
August 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
So, we’re about half-way through the longest liturgical season, so unfortunately named Ordinary Time.
But Catholic living can add so much richness to our everyday life and celebrating our Faith and family culture can be an active pursuit all year long! Here are ten ideas to foster your own family culture…while integrating the richness of our Catholic Faith with Saints, Sacraments, Scripture, Catechism and Prayer!
Catholic Crafts and Saints Days for August!
July 30, 2023 by Leave a Comment
We’ve put together a quick summary of Catholic Crafts for August Saints and the Monthly Devotion of The Immaculate Heart of Mary. Summer is a great time for a little extra crafting…so we also present Equipping Catholic Families…for Summer with the Saints!
Renovations
May 26, 2023 by Leave a Comment
We recently renovated our online Arma Dei Catholic Shop with new formatting, and helpful buttons offering shortcuts to carefully-curated products according to Season of the Liturgical Calendar, Sacraments, Saints, Catechism, Prayer, and Prayer Journal Stamps!
February Saints Days!
February 6, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Equipping Catholic Families for February Saints Days!
This is our monthly summary of crafts and family traditions related to the Monthly Devotion, Key Feast Days, and the appropriate Season of the Liturgical Calendar. As our kids get older, our activities and commitment to Catholic crafts have changed and adjusted (at least for our tween, teen, and young adult kids)! While we haven’t exactly been adding a lot of Catholic crafts around here, we do enjoy pulling out the crafts and programs we’ve developed over the years, sometimes sharing them with younger families in our parish!
FIVE Favorite Faith-Filled Advent Heirloom Crafts and Family Traditions
November 11, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Around The Advent Wreath {Book Review}
November 10, 2022 by 1 Comment
Does your family’s enthusiasm for the Advent Wreath candlelighting and prayers ever wane as Christmas approaches?
5 Minute Prayers Around the Advent Wreath
by Lisa Hendey
Ave Maria Press
The Advent Wreath is a treasured tradition, but we haven’t always stuck with it for all four Sundays, let alone each day of Advent!
Know Thyself! {Card Game Review}
October 15, 2022 by 1 Comment
Know Thyself! The Game of Temperaments
Sophia Institute Press
So a number of my family members are a little skeptical about the Four Temperaments and personality theory. We’ve all had a few experiences of feeling a little pigeonholed by friends who have just discovered personality theories and are eager to apply them.
10 Tips Fostering Faith-Filled Ordinary Time
May 23, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Sometimes it’s difficult to jump enthusiastically into Ordinary Time, because it sounds so, well, ordinary!
But Catholic living can add so much richness to our everyday life and celebrating our Faith and family culture can be an active pursuit all year long! Here are ten ideas to foster your own family culture…while integrating the richness of our Catholic Faith with Saints, Sacraments, Scripture, Catechism and Prayer!
