We recently renovated our online Arma Dei Catholic Shop with new formatting, and helpful buttons offering shortcuts to carefully-curated products according to Season of the Liturgical Calendar, Sacraments, Saints, Catechism, Prayer, and Prayer Journal Stamps!
February Saints Days!
February 6, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Equipping Catholic Families for February Saints Days!
This is our monthly summary of crafts and family traditions related to the Monthly Devotion, Key Feast Days, and the appropriate Season of the Liturgical Calendar. As our kids get older, our activities and commitment to Catholic crafts have changed and adjusted (at least for our tween, teen, and young adult kids)! While we haven’t exactly been adding a lot of Catholic crafts around here, we do enjoy pulling out the crafts and programs we’ve developed over the years, sometimes sharing them with younger families in our parish!
FIVE Favorite Faith-Filled Advent Heirloom Crafts and Family Traditions
November 11, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Around The Advent Wreath {Book Review}
November 10, 2022 by 1 Comment
Does your family’s enthusiasm for the Advent Wreath candlelighting and prayers ever wane as Christmas approaches?
5 Minute Prayers Around the Advent Wreath
by Lisa Hendey
Ave Maria Press
The Advent Wreath is a treasured tradition, but we haven’t always stuck with it for all four Sundays, let alone each day of Advent!
Know Thyself! {Card Game Review}
October 15, 2022 by 1 Comment
Know Thyself! The Game of Temperaments
Sophia Institute Press
So a number of my family members are a little skeptical about the Four Temperaments and personality theory. We’ve all had a few experiences of feeling a little pigeonholed by friends who have just discovered personality theories and are eager to apply them.
10 Tips Fostering Faith-Filled Ordinary Time
May 23, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Sometimes it’s difficult to jump enthusiastically into Ordinary Time, because it sounds so, well, ordinary!
But Catholic living can add so much richness to our everyday 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!
More FAITH at Home
May 22, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Spring has SPRUNG and we’re already starting to look toward SUMMER!
I don’t know about you, but in the hectic pace of just everyday, Ordinary Time, with kids’ school and extra-curricular, health issues, family celebrations and events, I often feel guilty that my own prayer life is not so focused and our family prayer can meander away…
Equipping Catholic Families…for 50 Days of Easter!
April 19, 2022 by 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, but first things first…did you know that we’ve released
Prompt Me to Pray through Easter as a PDF and as a printed booklet shipped to you?
Equipping Catholic Families for the Holy Triduum!
April 14, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Blessings to you, this Holy Triduum!
Last Minute Links!
Holy Thursday
Seder Supper with Script: Expanded Craft Kit
This Cathletic Craft Kit offers the basic ingredients, significance and text of the Seder Supper meal…for Christians.
This Expanded Seder Supper Printable includes a Script of prayers, questions and explanations, as well as Scripture references to read aloud.
(Mostly) LENT Crafts at HOME ~ with what you have on hand!
February 9, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Looking for crafts to do at home, with what you have on hand?
We sifted through our archives and these are the simplest crafts we found. Many of the crafts are totally appropriate for LENT and the others are just in case you have any kids obsessed with Medieval Times.
