Last week, I released our new craft kit, the Adjustable Liturgical Calendar. It can be used year after year, and it comes with these awesome original-artwork Saint Stickies to customize the Liturgical Calendar.
461 Saint Stickies: Original Catholic Artwork for your Calendar, Planner or Journal!
November 16, 2015 by 5 Comments
All Souls Day
November 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Yup, we dropped the ball on All Souls’ Day this year… Good thing the door is open until November 8th for full plenary indulgences just for going to the cemetery and praying for the dead.
Actually the whole month of November is devoted to All Souls…so we can keep our special crafts and traditions honoring our deceased loved ones…all month long!
Bring a Jar: Make an All Saints Votive Candle!
October 30, 2015 by 3 Comments
Is your neighborhood filled with spooky witches and ghosts and CANDLES?
Well…we Catholics almost invented candles…saying Mass in the Catacombs by candlelight.
OK, maybe not, but we are certainly no strangers to candles…and Votive Candles at Church!
Quiet Craft for All Saints Party…or Month of November!
October 26, 2015 by 1 Comment
We’ve just released Series THREE of our Saint Scripts Craft Kits! Each kit includes a master set of Saint postcards or recipe cards with the Kelly Saints image, quick facts and short bio. These are great for quick reference…and we’ve put them on a ring for an easy Saints resource at home, quick facts and distraction in the van and for display at Catholic conferences.
Bring a Ring of Saints
October 21, 2015 by 1 Comment
One of the coolest things I have done with the new Saint Scripts Craft Kit is to add the 22 new full color Saint postcards… to my Saints Rolodex. It’s easy to flip through the alphabetically assembled saints for quick facts: an easy reference tool!
THROUGH our vocation, WITH our vocation and IN our vocation
October 18, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The canonization of St Louis and St Zélie today (the parents of St Thérèse of Lisieux) reminds us that we are ALL called to be saints…
and we can get there…together, as parents!
We are reminded that part of our vocation in marriage is to help get our spouses to Heaven and St Louis and St Zélie lead the way in this, being the FIRST COUPLE to be CANONIZED TOGETHER!
Feast Day Fun: Our Lady of the Rosary!
October 7, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Feast Day Crafts and Activities
Excerpts from A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families , various posts at Equipping Catholic Families and our Saint Scripts Craft Kits (Series ONE and TWO).
October 7th is the Feast Day of Our Lady of the Rosary
Cross Stitch Saints: St Therese!
September 30, 2015 by 2 Comments
My friend Nancy at Do Small Things with Love has created 36 Catholic Saint Cross Stitch patterns and has invited a troop of crafty kids to make them…including my 9 year old Bridget!
In advance of our road trip to #worldmeetingoffamilies, I printed off the St Thérèse Cross Stitch pattern from Nancy’s site and made my own travel kit for Bridget to get started on, in the van.
Feast of St Padre Pio!
September 22, 2015 by 1 Comment
A year ago, I was in ROME on the Feast Day of St Padre Pio!
In addition to all the extraordinary things I saw and experienced on my pilgrimage, I did something I’ve never done before while travelling! I extended my trip for 3 extra days…and changed my return plane ticket on the fly! Those three extra days enabled me to join Mike and Sue and Katherine of St Gemma’s Catholic Pilgrimages (www.takeapilgrimage.com) and take an extra pilgrimage to San Rotundo to see St Padre Pio!
Feast Day Fun: Triumph of the Cross
September 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
When Jesus’ Body was removed, the Cross was hidden so that followers would not find it. About 300 years later the True Cross was found! Constantine the Great had a vision of the Cross which led him to victory. In response, Constantine had the image of the Cross placed on the shields of his soldiers. Although stolen in 614 by the King of Persia, the Cross was restored in its proper place in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in 629.
