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.
Feast Day Fun: Birthday of Mother Mary
September 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).
Happy Birthday Mother Mary!
There are a lot of ways to celebrate Mother Mary’s birth; the most obvious is probably a birthday cake! In A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families we recommend an All-White Dinner reminding us that Mary was born without sin! I collected a bunch of pins on Pinterest, searching Birth of Mary, birthday cakes and white food… At Equipping Catholic Families, we have created a number of dolls and figures for Mother Mary. Check out: Egg Carton Mary and Mary TY Doll and our Wooden Painted Saint: Mother Mary! Check out our Wooden Painted Saint Tutorial An Alphabet of Mary is a sweet book with little poems, explanations and illustrations of the titles and qualities of Mother Mary. Check out current Specials at Catholic Artworks!
Feast Day Fun: Blessed Teresa of Calcutta
September 5, 2015 by 1 Comment
Welcome to Feast Day Fun: Blessed Teresa of Calcutta!
Blessed Teresa is known for her virtue of compassion and for being the “icon of the Good Samaritan”, caring for the sick and the poor in India. She models for us the Scriptural Works of Mercy…meeting both the Corporal and Spiritual needs of each person she encountered.
