Over the next few weeks, I plan to highlight a few ideas to celebrate the First Sacraments, giving them the significance and hoopla that they deserve. I’m hoping to offer ideas to help integrate the regular reception of the Sacraments into family life… with reverence and enthusiasm!
How My Kids Became Part of Penance from the Pope
February 26, 2013 by 5 Comments
When Elizabeth told us about her meeting with Pope John Paul II, (her husband’s first cousin) and what he told her when she gave him my book A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families, she also told us a few other stories.
She spoke about the mischief the two boys would get into, when Karol would spend weeks in the summer with his cousin’s family after his own mother had passed away.
Elizabeth told us how Fr Wojtyla had married them in secret, in a cold Church…running down the aisle to chase after the rings when they were accidentally dropped on the floor.
[See My Direct Order from the Pope for the beginning of this story!]
When Elizabeth was brought to Strawberry Island to meet with the Holy Father during his visit to Canada for World Youth Day, the two were meeting as old friends. They both knew that it would probably be their last visit: both of them were in their 80’s and the likelihood of another visit seemed pretty remote.
Journal the Sacraments
February 25, 2013 by 2 Comments
This article launches our new =&0=& series, based on the article I wrote for =&1=&=&2=&
Over the next few weeks, I plan to highlight a few ideas to celebrate the First Sacraments, giving them the significance and hoopla that they deserve. I’m hoping to offer ideas to help integrate the regular reception of the Sacraments into family life… with reverence and enthusiasm!
My Direct Order from the Pope
February 22, 2013 by 8 Comments
Back in 2002, I was attending World Youth Day in Toronto. My husband and mom took care of my 3 kids and I attended events all week in the city. My friends and I tootled around Toronto as tourists in our own town. We had our printed schedules, but some of the most memorable moments seemed to happen by chance.
Keeping the Love of Jesus… in Lent!
February 19, 2013 by 29 Comments
Hey Frankie…it’s a Snow Day!
February 16, 2013 by 1 Comment
Hi Frankie,
Sorry I haven’t been writing so much this week, but I’ve been pretty busy playing in the snow.You see, last Friday was a “snow day” which meant my older siblings were home from school because the buses were cancelled and most people were just staying home. It was good to have them home, because we had a lot of work to do!
Revolving Rosary… PRINTABLE!
February 15, 2013 by 5 Comments
***2015 Update: Deluxe Version of the Revolving Rosary Craft Kit
Available NOW: Mysteries of the Rosary with the Kelly Saints
6 different templates, fully illustrated with Kelly Saints, 3 distinct crafts including the Illustrated Revolving Rosary…with a few new surprises!
Happy Saints Valentines…for 2013!
February 15, 2013 by 2 Comments
=&0=& say=&1=&=&2=&=&3=&I used my craft punch to make a circular window in the front of the cards to view the Saint on the inside. We wanted to match up the Saints with the kids’ names…but except for =&4=& for Juan, =&5=& for Lauren and=&6=& for Frankie, we just don’t have Saints for most of the names of kids these days. Bridget was happy to give ‘pretty girl saints’ to the girls and boy saints to the boys.Last year’s =&7=& looked like this:
I just love the excuse to sneak in Saints in place of Spongebob, Angry Birds, Barbie or whoever the commercial valentine packages feature. Every chance I get…I like to remind the kids of these
Superheroes in Holiness!
All for JESUS Lent Challenge
February 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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I thought a neat way for both of our families and our readers to tackle Lent together would be for a good old fashioned All for Jesus Lent Challenge. Hey Frankie, just so you know, there are PRIZES!
So basically, every week people could choose their best =&1=& or a special chore they carried out, keeping Jesus’ Sacrifice in mind =&2=&. They would visit either your Mom’s blog or my Mom’s blog and enter their weekly challenge after they completed it. At the end of Lent, you (Frankie) and I could randomly choose a couple entries and those people would win a free download link to their choice of one of my Mom’s=&5=&=&6=& Now, just so all the nice people know…we’re probably going to be a little biased when we pick the winning entries. =&7=& People can enter by 1. joining the link-up below =&8=& 2. they can leave comments below that include the words=&9=& along with a =&10=& of the challenge that they conquered =&11=&(in case they win!).My mom will probably add the first one in the link-up, but it might be kind of lame, because we’re just getting started (and she also doesn’t want to win in place of anyone else=)
Year of Faith Tumble Tower
February 12, 2013 by 3 Comments
Another Converted 2 Catholic Classic Board Game
brought to you by
Equipping Catholic Families!
In honor of the Year of Faith, I decided to take
our family Jumbling Tower game
and convert it to Catholic!
