10th Day of Easter!

Are you still celebrating? It has been a busy week and a half, but I had big hopes for celebrating ALL 50 days of Easter this year!

…only 40 days left!

50 Days of Easter Idea #1 Did you see our DIY Catholic Easter Eggs…packed with treats to be opened each day of this Season of Easter?

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Catholic Family Resources Bundle!

I’m happy to be a contributor for the Catholic Family Resources Bundle, hosted by Upside Down Homeschooling!

19 Awesome resources are included to help your family celebrate our awesome Catholic Faith, all year long!

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Equipping Catholic Families to celebrate the Canonization of Pope John Paul II

Awesome day to be Catholic! We’re basking in Divine Mercy Sunday, waking up this morning to the canonization of 2 Popes by 2 Popes! We know a little bit about St John XXIII, but we’re a little biased and unapologetic for our love for St John Paul II!

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Celebrate First Communion! Awesome Giveaway at CatholicMom.com!

CatholicMom is hosting a Celebrate First Communion Giveaway

…and Arma Dei: Equipping Catholic Families is one of the sponsors!

We’ve created a Sacrament Craft Kit Bundle with these FIVE Sacrament based Craft Kits available as PDF downloads! The Cathletics Craft Kits are already researched and formatted templates that you can print at home for your entire classroom …or ALL the kids who live in your house!

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Cat Grass Easter Garden Craft

I have never owned a cat and I really can’t say for sure what pet owners would use the Jiffy Cat Grass Kit for, but in the depths of Lent while we were still getting inches of snow, this was the best soil and seed pack I could find for the Easter Garden craft I’ve always wanted to make!

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Welcome NCEA Visitors! Check out our Catechism, Sacrament, Saints, Mass and Prayer Catholic Crafts!

We are attending the National Catholic Education Conference this week! Please drop by Booth 322!

Thank-you for supporting our family apostolate. Please respect the copyright of this material. With your purchase, you are welcome to download, save and print this document for one classroom (for one term) or for all the kids who live in your house.

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Jesus is Risen! (Egg Carton Jesus)

Indeed, He is risen!

I have been looking for ways to encourage sustained celebration for the full 50 days of Easter! You may have seen my 50 DIY Kinder Surprise Eggs.

Although I have made a couple Jesus crafts like our Wooden Painted Saint series and our TY Doll Makeovers, I decided that I needed an Egg Carton Jesus to round out my growing collection of Egg Carton Saints!  

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Crown of Thorns Bread for Good Friday

The Crown of Thorns dough wreath with toothpicks is a countdown craft for Lent. It’s also a Lenten activity in my book A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families.

The toothpicks are inserted as a way to count sacrifice and count down to Easter.

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Seder Supper 2014

While our Seder Supper Free Printable has been very popular, it has sparked some controversy about whether or not Catholics should celebrate the Seder Supper.

I found this article  (Salt & Light) helpful…along with this article that it borrows from, written by Joe Paprocki.

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Prep for a Pilgrimage

Anyone attending the Canonization of Blessed John Paul II and Blessed John XXIII

in less than TWO WEEKS?

I know it will be wonderful! I will have to be content with experiencing it vicariously through Mike and Sue Denz and St Gemma’s Catholic Pilgrimages and the news coverage on TV and online.  I will however be experiencing an awesome pilgrimage to Rome September 22-October 3, 2014 and I’m already SO excited!

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