Last week, the Catholic Bloggers Network turned TWO!
To celebrate, we launched the Catholic Bloggers Birthday Giveaway with over $300 in prizes for 21 lucky winners!
We’ve got Catholic books, Catholic Printables,
why we started making Armor out of Egg Cartons
January 22, 2014 by 4 Comments
We started our little family apostolate with the release of A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families in 2001. Fascinated with this Scriptural Passage, we named our publishing company Arma Dei, translated from latin as ‘Armor of God’:
Catholic Bloggers Birthday Giveaway! over $300 in prizes!
January 19, 2014 by 71 Comments
We’re celebrating our 2nd birthday here at the Catholic Bloggers Network with the
Catholic Bloggers Birthday GIVEAWAY!
This FABULOUS GIVEAWAY is sponsored by the following
AWESOME CATHOLIC BLOGGERS:
Equipping Catholic Families + Designs By Birgit + Home to 4 Kiddos +
Mountain of Grace + Campfires and Cleats + A Slice of Smith Life +
Principium et Finis + Gathering Graces + Day by Day in Our World +
Saint Mail from St Sebastian!
January 18, 2014 by 2 Comments
We are so excited to be reviewing Saint Mail! The kind people at Saint Mail have generously offered us a subscription…all the way up here in Canada and we have received the intro package, along with the January edition from St Sebastian!
Small Success in 7 Quick Takes: Icy Edition
January 16, 2014 by 5 Comments
I have decided to combine Small Success Thursdays with 7 Quick Takes Friday. I really like BOTH communities of bloggers and enjoy taking part in both link-ups, but want to spare my subscribers from back-to-back, somewhat repetitive posts.
Egg Carton Pope Francis
January 16, 2014 by 2 Comments
I found my new favorite craft…making Egg Carton Saints! Pope Francis isn’t a saint yet…but we needed a Pope Francis in our house.
Reconciliation “Peek Sheets” Printable!
January 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It’s that time of year again!
Do you know someone preparing to make their First Reconciliation?
The Sacrament of Reconciliation is incredible!! Where else can we hand over our burdens and struggles and receive complete ABSOLUTION; the very MERCY of JESUS poured over our bruised and battered little souls? It really is a wonderful gift, but prep for this monumental event where this little child confesses their sins to a priest for the very first time…can be a little daunting!
Spiritual Bouquet Cathletics Craft Kit
January 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Spiritual Bouquet of Prayer Petal Flowers has been one of our most popular crafts since we recommended it in our book
A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families. It became one of our first 4 Cathletics Craft Kits…and now we have over 30 Cathletics Craft Kits available! We had already expanded the kit to accommodate all 20 Mysteries of the Rosary as well as the prayers of the Divine Mercy Chaplet. There are templates to make a pretty construction paper flower, plus clipart to make a meaningful gift card for both the Rosary and the Divine Mercy. All of the individual flower pieces have the actual Rosary or Divine Mercy prayers printed on them for easy reference. In 2012, we gave the Spiritual Bouquet craft kit a serious overhaul and easily doubled the number of templates and projects inside! We added a giant wall garland of the Rosary. Imagine all 20 Rosary decade flowers winding around the walls of a room! We also added 2 coloring pages for easy one-page, no-scissors-or-glue crafts for both the Rosary and the Divine Mercy.Spiritual Bouquet of Prayer Petal Flowers Cathletics Craft Kit Monica McConkey (Author)
Sock Baby Jesus
January 11, 2014 by 3 Comments
The other day, I collected a couple awesome craft ideas for our Snow Day. I love making Catholic treasures… especially with things we already have in the house!
The Sock Baby Jesus was originally posted by Lacy at Catholic Icing.
7 Quick Takes: Snow Day Edition!
January 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
We had a SNOW DAY on Tuesday!
I put together a collection of Catholic Crafts to make with materials you most likely already have at home!
We have used these catapults at TWO Medieval Birthday parties…flinging mini-marshmallows into cardboard castles.
