Equipping Catholic Families with Saints Crafts!

October 28, 2019 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Looking for some last minute Saints Crafts for All Saints Day coming up this week?

Saints Craft Kits

We have over 27 Saints-related Craft Kits at the Arma Dei Shoppe!

Saints Crafts:

DIY Saints Votive Candles

TY Doll Saint Makeovers
I Spy…the Saints
Felt Saints Tutorial
Guess Who?!…the Saints FREE printable!
CrackerBox Cathedral Clipart for the Wooden Painted Saints!

NEW! Prayer Impressions Journal Saints Stamps!

And check out our NEW Saints-packed Wall Calendar!

We’ve got 2 types of Wall Calendars and a Website and Blog Planner, all packed with illustrated Feast Days and Monthly Devotions in the Arma Dei Shoppe

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Summer Projects: Hand-Sewn Felt Friends

July 12, 2019 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Looking for a creative project for your kids, that might just help to get them away from screens this summer? Here is an easy hand-sewing project! They get faster to make with each one, and your kids might just make a whole collection of them!

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Equipping Catholic Families for May Saints and Celebrations!

April 30, 2019 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Join us to celebrate May Saints, the Monthly Devotion dedicated to Our Blessed Mother Mary and the continued joyful season of Easter! Do you see something you like? Click on the pictures and/or links for easy crafts and already-formatted Catholic Craft Kits that come with permission to copy for home use, year after year!

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Equipping Catholic Families for 50 Days of Easter!

April 25, 2019 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Alleluia! He has Risen!

This is our summary post of sustainable celebration for all 50 days of Easter including non-chocolate surprises and treats for plastic eggs and awesome Catholic crafts and family traditions!

We’re just recovering from a FLU-filled Holy Week…sorry for the delay in this post!

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Equipping Catholic Families with Catholic stamps for journaling, gifts, snail mail and evangelization!

March 5, 2019 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

I just added some new stamps in the shop!

With our own custom Super Saints artwork for over 60 Saints, I’m pleased to be able to add new Saints Stamps to the shop as they are requested by customers. I was happy to include the St Benedict medal graphic behind St Benedict’s head. It almost looks like a very specialized halo.

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Equipping Catholic Families with a Comprehensive Guide to Lenten Crafts and Family Traditions

February 28, 2019 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

This is our summary post of Lenten crafts and activities to bless your family Lenten journey.

Classic Lenten Activities and Family Traditions

First of all, check out our FREE craft tutorials for these classics!

Good Deed Bead Bracelets: A great way to get kids engaged in LENT prayer and sacrifice and good deeds!

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Equipping Catholic Families …with Traditions for Ordinary Time!

January 18, 2019 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Sometimes we feel a little down when the official Christmas season is over. It’s hard to jump enthusiastically into Ordinary Time, because it sounds so, well, ordinary! But Catholic living can add so much richness to our every day life and celebrating our Faith and family culture can be an active pursuit all year long! Here are ten ideas to foster your own family culture…while integrating the richness of our Catholic Faith with Saints, Sacraments, Scripture, Catechism and Prayer! All of our Cathletics Craft Kits come with permission to copy for family use and they’re packed with Catechism, Saints, Sacraments and Prayer to get you started, but we’ve included other helpful links too!

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Equipping Catholic Families for January 2019

December 31, 2018 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Equipping Catholic Families for January 2019 Saints!

Welcome to our monthly summary of crafts and family traditions related to the Monthly Devotion, Key Feast Days and the appropriate Season of the Liturgical Calendar.

Feast of the Holy Family (December 30)

Key Feast Days in January:

Solemnity of Mary (January 1) Mary Crafts, In the Arms of Mary
World Day of Peace (January 1)
St. Basil the Great (January 2)
St. Gregory Nazianzen (January 2)
Most Holy Name of Jesus (January 3)
St. Genevieve (January 3)
St. Elizabeth Seton (January 4)
St. John Neumann (January 5)
St. Andre Bessette (January 6)
Epiphany of the Lord (January 6) Felt Kings Tutorial
St. Raymond of Penysfort (January 7)
Baptism of the Lord (January 13)
St. Hilary (January 13)
St. Anthony of Egypt (January 17)
St. Sebastian (January 20)
St. Agnes (January 21)
Day of Prayer for the Unborn (January 22)
St. Francis de Sales (January 24)
Conversion of St. Paul (January 25)
St. Timothy and St. Titus (January 26)
St. Angela Merici (January 27)
St. Thomas Aquinas (January 28)
St. John Bosco (January 31)

Monthly Devotion for January: Holy Name of Jesus

Holy Name of Jesus by PBandGrace

Season of the Liturgical Calendar: Christmas!

12 Days of Christmas ends January 5th
Sock Baby Jesus
Nativities

New Year Resolutions and

Season of the Liturgical Calendar: Ordinary Time!

Just a reminder, the readings for Sunday Masses come from Year C and Cycle 1 for the Weekday Masses.

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Sock Baby Jesus Workshop in time for Advent!

November 29, 2018 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Last Sunday (a whole week before Advent begins!) we hosted a Sock Baby Jesus in a Clementine Crib Workshop and we had a lot of fun!

First, we collected the materials we would need and even made a new Sock Baby Jesus just to make sure that we weren’t forgetting anything. The kids co-operated by eating their way through 3 crates of Clementine oranges and our friend Michelle brought 3 additional crates as well!

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Equipping Catholic Families for JULY Saints!

July 1, 2018 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

We’ve put together a quick summary of Catholic Crafts for July Saints and the Monthly Devotion of The Precious Blood of Jesus. Summer is a great time for a little extra crafting…so we also present Equipping Catholic Families…for Summer with the Saints!