#GraceOfYes Day

 November 18th is #GraceOfYesDay!

I enjoyed reading Lisa Hendey’s new book…you can order your copy of  The Grace of Yes at Ave Maria Press.

You can read my Review of The Grace of Yes at Equipping Catholic Families.

I decided to reflect upon the eight virtues described by Lisa and consider how I’ve experienced them or hope to practice them in my own life.

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The Grace of Yes: Review

I am always fascinated by talk of virtues. There are different lists of virtues…

the theological virtues and the moral virtues in our Catechism

and different authors have proposed different lists of virtues, like the

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Flying and swimming and snorkelling and celebrating…20 years!

I know! TWO big trips in just a couple of weeks! Bill and I were away for the last week in sunny Curacao, celebrating our 20th Anniversary! We wandered around the island, relaxed and celebrated…just the TWO of us!

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Gallery: Prep, Pilgrimage, Reflection and Pope posts!

This fall, I was blessed to be invited on a Pilgrimage to Rome with St Gemma’s Catholic Pilgrimages!  This is my collection of posts written about the preparation, pilgrimage and reflections, along with my Pope Posts about our special connection with St John Paul II.

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A break from my blog

Things might be a little quiet on my blog over the next couple days as Bill and I are away celebrating our 20th Anniversary!

It’s beautiful here in Curaçao…

And I’m embracing the #GraceofYes !

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Feast Day of the Holy Relics

I just blogged about it as recently as last week: how I was blown away by the relics of Saints throughout my trip to Rome…but guess what today’s Feast Day is!

November 5th is the Feast of the Holy Relics.

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the Saints are calling

It is true… I am a fan of the Saints. I have eagerly read about a number of them over the years and I just keep getting blown away by their lives, their Faith and their examples of Holiness. In my passion for researching the saints, I have in the last year released a number of craft kits featuring my 15 year old daughter’s drawings of over 44 Saints!

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30 Ways to play with the Saints!

Last year, 15 year old Kelly sketched 42 Saints for me for our Saint Scripts Craft Kits.

You can make your flipbook of Saint postcards with the Saint Scripts Craft Kits!

In the spring, I formatted the collection of Saints into little templates for the Kelly Saints Stamps Craft Kit.

Here’s a quick index of the ways to use this one craft kit, Kelly Saints Stamps:


Convert classic games to be Catholic, using the templates to make Saint game pieces!

Connect 4 Game

Guess Who

Pressman Toy Checkers Board Games

The Kelly Saints Stamps templates are formatted in different layouts, different sizes and 2 different backgrounds. They can but cut into individual square stamps or into perfect circles with various sized circle punches…like this one: Martha Stewart Crafts Punch, 1-Inch Circle

Once cut, the Kelly Saints Stamps can be used in so many ways!

that's right...there are some Amazon Affiliate links in this post, in case you don't already have these classic family games. It's true that with your purchase through these links, I could puff up my $6.84 affiliate balance over at Amazon to 10 whole dollars and qualify for a gift card...holding my breath. =)

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Feast Day Fun: St Jude

October 28 is the Feast Day of St Simon and St Jude, both Apostles of Jesus.

This time around, I’m going to focus on St Jude. Once I gather more information about St Simon, I will post a separate Feast Day Fun edition and probably focus on activities about the Apostles.

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All Saints! Review: Holy Traders Activity Kit


I’ve been a fan of Holy Traders Saint Trading Cards for quite some time and I was excited to discover that there are now SIX sets of cards available!

I was also excited to discover that there is now a comprehensive Holy Traders Activity Kit available through Seton…and even more excited to have the opportunity to review it, receiving my own Holy Traders Activity Kit in exchange for my honest review.

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