I’m part of a group called Zelie and Co!

Zelie & Co is a group of Catholic women artisans. They work collaboratively to support each other’s business growth, pray for each other, and offer weekly sales on Instagram @zelieandco. Their patron saint is St Zelie, lacemaker and mother of St Therese, the Little Flower. Zelie&Co Catholic Artisans are excited to partner with some of our Catholic Community’s most beloved Bloggers to support some amazing Catholic Charities with an Auction of beautiful Catholic gifts and crafts on February 9th, 2016 Here at Arma Dei: Equipping Catholic Families, I am partnering with Gina at Someday Saints=&1=&to offer you a #CatholicCrafts Bundle…just in time for Lent! The #CatholicCrafts Bundle includes:

• A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families offering crafts and family traditions for the entire Liturgical Calendar (Retail:$24.50+shipping) shipped within US or Canada
• 2 decks of Super Saints each with 54 Kelly Saints images and quick facts: Saints cards you can play actual card games with! (Retail: $24+shipping) shipped within US or Canada
• $45 Gift Certificate for Cathletics Craft Kits (PDFs) at our Catholic Printable Shoppe: over 30 Catholic Craft Kits to choose from! Check out our new Craft Kit for the Year of Mercy! Works of Mercy: Kelly Saints Style

Total Retail Value: $112.50 Starting Bid: $50 Proceeds will be donated to St Bryce Missions After losing their sixth son Bryce, for whom the organization is named, to SIDS in 2009, Greg and Colleen began to search deeply for God to show them how to He wanted them to use this suffering for His glory and the good of His children.  St. Bryce Missions is currently active in two communities in Costa Rica and hopes to initiate work in Tanzania this year. They have completed 6 chapel construction or renovation projects as part of their Faith in Action initiative, actively engaged in numerous evangelization outreaches, created a social enterprise initiative for women as well as an initiative to provide families with chickens for the prevention of malnourishment as well as income generation as part of their Hope in Action programming. They also founded the St. Francis Emmaus Center to provide rest and recuperation time as well as support and health education to pregnant Cabecar mothers who lack access to health services as part of their Love in Action programming. 

This Charity Auction is going to be BIG!

Our Blogger-Partners include:

• Haley Stewart of Carrots for Michaelmas
• Mary Lenaburg of Passionate Perseverance
• Rosie Hill of A Blog for My Mom
• Kate Towne of Sancta Nomina
• Michaela Darr of California to Korea
• Dwija Borobia of House Unseen
• Gina Fensterer of Someday Saints
• Jenny of Mama Needs Coffee
• Nell O’Leary of Whole Parenting Family
• and Carolyn Svellinger of Svellerella

and our Catholic Artisans include:

• Shannon of Organic Mama’s Shop
• Jen of Faith and Fabric Design
• Nell of Whole Parenting Goods
• Rakhi of Rakstar Designs
• Monica of Equipping Catholic Families ~hey, that’s me!
• Annie of Annery’s Handmade
• Heather of Honeychild Forest
• Theresa of Happy Nest Home Goods
• Katrina of Hatch Prints Shop
• Jenna of Call Her Happy

and our Catholic Charities include:

• Tepeyac Family Center
• Mary’s Mantle
• Gianna of Albany
• St. Bryce Mission
• Catholic Relief Services
• Philomena House
• And Then There Were None
• Elizabeth’s New Life Center

Get a start on your Lenten Almsgiving

to these AWESOME Catholic Charities

…and fill your Easter Baskets at the same time!

Support these awesome Catholic Charities as part of your Almsgiving this Lent…

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