Celebrating Catholic Family and Faith with crafts, Catechesis and traditions!
Did you know that there have been 267 Popes, including Stephen II, who died four days after his election but before his episcopal consecration?
Did you know that 83 popes have been canonized as Saints by the Catholic Church?
Most of the canonized Popes lived in the Early Church, up until the 5th Century, including the very first 35 popes.
I know, right? what a great word: Papabili!
While formating our very exciting, brand new
featuring 147 Cardinals,
any of whom could very well be elected,
I have become acquainted with so many holy Cardinals! I have been listening to podcasts, reading articles and watching youtube videos with commentary about the upcoming Conclave, but most of all I am compelled to pray, pray, pray for the Holy Spirit to pour down the Graces to inspire and influence the conversations, preaching and presentations and ultimately the voting for the next Holy Father in the upcoming Conclave set for next Wednesday, May 7th!
So sorry for our loss of our dear Pope Francis.
With gratitude for the life and witness of Pope Francis, who shepherded us with humility, joy, and love for the poor, we now entrust the Church to the Holy Spirit’s Guidance as a new chapter of Grace begins in the election of our next Holy Father.
Today, we join Pope Francis as he consecrates Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary!
We’ve got a Prayer Card with our own original artwork and this prayer:
Immaculate Heart of Mary,
full of love for God and mankind,
and of compassion for sinners,
Twenty years ago, a Mom of two young kids, I began collecting ideas for crafts and activities to celebrate and teach the Catholic Faith at home. Tapping into the Liturgical Calendar of our Church, what I thought would be just a little booklet for my Catholic Mom friends, turned into a 300 page book. When we weren’t quite satisfied with our publisher options, we decided to embark on a brand new journey of self-publishing.
My business-prof-husband cold-called our growing directory of Catholic Book stores in North America and we carefully chose our family vacation routes by the Catholic Book Stores we could visit on the way.
I’m finally getting the chance to reflect on our big road trip last week to the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. Arma Dei: Equipping Catholic Families was a vendor in the Expo Hall, sharing a booth with our awesome new friends, the Little Douglings!
We attended the World Meeting of Families with just two of our kids…but our #WorldMeetingofFamilies got cut short! The Secret Service closed the Vendor Hall down a DAY EARLY for the safety and security of Pope Francis!
We’re currently attending the #WorldMeetingofFamilies2015!
If you’d like to make some Pope Crafts:
Egg Carton Pope Francis
TY Dolls to Saints
…and Wooden Painted Saints!
We’re on our way to the #WorldMeetingofFamilies in Philadelphia! If you’re there for the Expo, please drop by Booth 835 to see us at Arma Dei: Equipping Catholic Families and our good friends…the Little Douglings!
This fall, I was blessed to be invited on a Pilgrimage to Rome with St Gemma’s Catholic Pilgrimages! This is my collection of posts written about the preparation, pilgrimage and reflections, along with my Pope Posts about our special connection with St John Paul II.
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