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September Saints: Catholic Crafts and Family Traditions!

September 3, 2022 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

We’ve put together a quick summary of Catholic Crafts for September Saints and the Monthly Devotion of The Seven Sorrows of Mary…along with various Catholic Crafts and Saint Calendar kits to ease our way Back to School!

Up here in Canada, we are just getting Back to School…so we’re launching a Back to School Special (code: BOGO$ale2022 ) in the Arma Dei Shoppe to cheer that up!

Spend $20 on Cathletics Craft Kit PDFs and get $10 OFF*

*Special SALE applies to the purchase of PDF craft kits only. Sale ends September 30th.
Books, cards, journal stamps not included within the $20 minimum purchase.

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10 Tips Fostering Faith-Filled Ordinary Time

May 23, 2022 by Monica McConkey 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!

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More FAITH at Home

May 22, 2022 by Monica McConkey 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…

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Catholic Crafts and Traditions for October

September 27, 2021 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Welcome to our monthly summary of crafts and family traditions for October Saints, the Monthly Devotion of the Rosary and organized and prayerful Ordinary Time!

I think October is my favorite month for Saints with my favorites St. Therese and St. John Paul II. See the time we stood up the Pope

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10 Tips for Faith+Family=focused Ordinary Time

January 13, 2020 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

We just took down our tree…on the Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord: the last day of the Christmas Season. 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!

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November Saints Days

November 1, 2019 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Equipping Catholic Families for November 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.

Hey, are you ready for the NEW Liturgical Calendar starting December 1st?

We’ve got the NEW 2019-2020 Wall Calendar for Every Day Catholics and it includes November and December of 2019 plus all of 2020, illustrated with our unique Super Saints for Feast Days and Monthly Devotions plus a couple bonus templates for Catholic lists and logs!

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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 Ordinary Time

June 11, 2019 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Immediately following the Solemnity of Pentecost last Sunday, we are officially launched into Ordinary Time! This longer of the two periods of Ordinary Time in the Liturgical Calendar takes us through the whole summer and fall and ends on the Feast of Christ the King; the last Sunday before Advent and the new Liturgical Calendar begins.

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Equipping Catholic Families for FEBRUARY Saints, Monthly Devotion and Ordinary Time!

January 30, 2019 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Equipping Catholic Families for February 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. As our kids get older, our activities and commitment to Catholic crafts has 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!

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Recycling Votive Candles

January 15, 2018 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

Do you have a few too many tired/well-used/burnt votive candles lying around the house? We did…and we decided to try recycling votive candles! We gave them new life with leftover wax and stubby candles…along with our favorite watercolored Kelly Saints from this craft kit. After having just released our new Lock Screen Prayer Prompts, I think I might need to recycle a couple more votives and adhere these images with Kelly Saints and Prayer Prompts: which is your favorite here?