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Scrapbooking for Sacraments {free printable}

March 21, 2012 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

=&0=& series of Cathletics Craft Kits by PDF downloadable,

with edits reflecting the NEW Mass,
added Kelly Comics graphics and better resolution, we are releasing a FREEBIE PDF of graphics (in vibrant color) and journalling prompts for use with any of our 3 kits:

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Just opened the Arma Dei Shoppe!

February 19, 2012 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Equipping Catholic families has never been easier now that our new Arma Dei Shoppe is open! Our Catholic Family Apostolate is called Arma Dei, latin for Armor of God, referring to our favorite Scripture Ephesians 6:13-17. We have created books, paper craft kits and quizzing cards to help teach and celebrate the Catholic Faith through Feastdays, Seasons and Sacraments! Six of our favorite Cathletics Craft Kits are now available by PDF for you to download, print and copy for your family or a whole class! Check out the new Arma Dei Shoppe…or look for us at Lift Jesus Higher Rally (Toronto, ON Canada), the Mid-Atlantic Congress (Baltimore, MD), NCEA (Boston, MA) or IHM (Fredericksburg, VA)

NOW AVAILABLE at the Arma Dei Craft Kit Printables Online Store!

Color Me Catholic: New Roman Missal Edition
(printed version: $16 + shipping) printable version: $14

Catholic Lingo Bingo (English)
(printed version: $12 + shipping) printable version: $10

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Journey with Jesus through Baptism, Reconciliation and Holy Communion

February 16, 2012 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

Celebrate your child’s Journey of Faith! Journey with Jesus through (Baptism) Reconciliation & Holy Communion NOW AVAILABLE by PDF PRINTABLE!

This is our Journey with Jesus through Reconciliation and Holy Communion Craft Kit.
It includes 18 already researched, illustrated and formatted templates of prompting catechism and reflection questions. As all our Cathletics Craft Kits, it comes with permission to photocopy for a whole class for one term or for all the kids in your family (who live with you) as they celebrate their First Sacraments!

There are suggestions for making your own scrapbook or using a store-bought scrapbook. There are also instructions to create an Accordian Book. In either case, there are plenty of catechism based questions, adorable cartoons drawn by 12 year old Kelly and prompting reflections about your child’s experience of the Sacraments, their prayerlife and their growing relationship with Jesus!

Work on a page a day, recording and reflecting about Baptism, the Rosary, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Reconciliation, the Commandments, Sin, Holy Communion, the Mass, the Domestic Church, Qualities in my Family and Friends, all about Jesus, Mary and the Saints and reflections about Jesus and me and my prayerlife.

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Journey with Jesus through the Sacraments!

February 16, 2012 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Journey with Jesus through the Sacraments NOW AVAILABLE by PDF PRINTABLE! This kit offers layouts of catechism questions (with answer keys!) and reflection questions to help teach and celebrate the Sacraments, including material based on the Commandments, Sin, the Domestic Church and the Stations of the Cross. This kit teaches and celebrates all 7 Sacraments… not just the ones your child has received, helping them to reflect on Marriage (what weddings have I been to? who married my parents?) Holy Orders (name the priest who gave me my First Sacraments, who is my pastor? my bishop? our Pope?) and the

Anointing of the Sick

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and the winner is…

January 30, 2012 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

…queue the Happy Dance… …and the winner for the 2012 Bilingual Bingo GIVEAWAY is… Sherri M from Baton Rouge, Louisiana! Congratulations to Sherri! She won our Catholic Bilingual Bingo GIVEAWAY! She chose to receive the Catholic Lingo Bingo in English…and the

Color Me Catholic: New Roman Missal Edition!

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Catholic Lingo Bingo!NEW Spanish Version!

January 26, 2012 by Monica McConkey 6 Comments

This is a BIG deal, considering that up here in Canada, our second language is FRENCH! We have had many requests to translate our products and THANKS to my friendXhonane of Familia Católica, we our releasing our FIRST Spanish Cathletics Craft Kit!

Check out my friend Xhonane’s REVIEW and GIVEAWAY of

Lingo Bingo Católico at Familia Católica,

Versión electrónica en Español

Xhonane graciously agreed to help with the translation of the Catholic Lingo Bingo craft kit!

She has been so wonderful to work with and the Spanish Version of Catholic Lingo Bingo is now available for sale on her site as well! She is offering a special deal on her new e-book Libro “El Año Liturgico en Familia” as well, along with a special GIVEAWAY!

I love to see how Xhonane has used the Catholic Lingo Bingo Craft Kit with her family. She even gives her specific approach to teaching the Vessels and Vestments and the various ways that the kit can be used as a Bingo Game and as a Matching Game.

Catholic Lingo Bingo!
Cathletics Craft Kit TM

Monica McConkey (Author) Price: $15 U.S. Look inside the Catholic Lingo Bingo English Spanish Purchase NOW and receive INSTANTLY to print at home! Downloadable PDF version Price: $13 U.S.

Purchase Catholic Lingo Bingo:

NEW: Versión en Español Price $10 U.S. (Limited Time!)
Purchase Catholic Lingo Bingo: Spanish

Product Details 1 color cover, 16 black and white templates including instructions, master set and 15 (ready-to-color 8.5″x11″) bingo cards, permission to photocopy for single household or single class term use, all contained in a clear plastic11″x 9″ envelope. This kit includes a Bingo game, teaching the Vessels, Vestments and Sacramentals. The templates can also be used for a matching game.

Publisher: Arma Dei (2011)

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Captivated by the New Mass?

January 15, 2012 by Monica McConkey 2 Comments

So it’s the 7th Sunday with the New Mass! I’m learning that it’s definitely a PROCESS! Those responses that we have been saying for years and years are hard to shake!

With the release of the 3rd Edition of the Roman Missal, our family apostolate Arma Dei released a revised Craft Kit called Color Me Catholic. A few of my favorite Catholic bloggers agreed to review my new Craft Kit, assembling and coloring the 10 booklets with their kids and trying them out as they jump into the New Mass. I know that I did not do justice to the posts of these gracious ladies and their helpful reviews and pictures, when the reviews were posted during the Advent and Christmas seasons!
So, changing up the Link of LightBulbs a little…here are
Links of Reviews for Color Me Catholic:

(1) Laura explains a little about the 10 booklet templates within the Color Me Catholic Craft Kit on her blog Day by Day in Our World: Unlike lapbooking, these mini-booklets are meant to be read like a book. There are 10 mini-booklets in all that cover treasured Vessels, Vestments & Symbols, Church Furnishings, Parts of the Mass and Sacraments & Sacramentals plus 8 pages of phrases from the New Roman Missal Mass in sequential order. Check out Laura’s review of Color Me Catholic!

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The Reviews are In: Links of LightBulbs (11)

December 9, 2011 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

(1) Tracy says “These Mass booklets are a perfect size for little hands and material is covered a little at a time to keep children’s attention without being too overwhelming.” Check out Slice of Smith Life for the complete review!

The folder holds the entire collection of 10 booklets as shown here:

My thoughts: I enjoy using Monica’s product with my children. These Mass booklets are a perfect size for little hands and material is covered a little at a time to keep children’s attention without being too overwhelming. My children will be using these booklets and coloring them a little at a time as we review the Mass responses. I will be using Color Me Catholic: New Roman Missal Edition as weekly guides to teach during our religion classes during our homeschool days. I think the more we use them the more familiar our family will be with the new mass responses, which is the intention of the product.

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Win a FREE printable to teach the NEW MASS!

November 27, 2011 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

Subscribe to EquippingCatholicFamilies or comment on this post for a chance to win a free printable!Subscribe AND comment for double chances to win!“Like” our facebook page for yet another chance to win!

The New Roman Missal starts THIS WEEKEND!

Color Me Catholic:
New Roman Missal Edition!
Cathletics Craft Kit TM

Monica McConkey (Author)Price: $16 U.S. plus shipping Look inside Color Me Catholic Check out the **NEW**VIDEO**Color Me Catholic Tutorial Visit our Craft Kit Printables Online Store to save money and purchase your PDF version right away and print it on your own home printer! Price: $14 U.S. Instructions and templates to create 10 mini-booklets, each offering 8 mini coloring pages of treasured Vessels, Vestments & Symbols, Church Furnishings, Parts of the Mass and Sacraments & Sacramentals plus 8 pages of phrases from the New Roman Missal Mass in sequential order. A template is also included to create a folder to hold the booklets. The full collection allows for exposure to most of the text of the Mass (especially all the “People’s Parts”) and many images, easily reviewed over 10 Masses. Why not re-circulate the booklets for the next 10 Masses, for even better familiarity, getting kids to look and listen during Mass? Product Details

1 color cover, 20 black and white templates (double-sided printing), 3 black and white templates for the instructions and folder, permission to photocopy for single household or single class term use, all contained in a clear plastic 11″x 9″ envelope.

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