September Saints Days and Catholic Crafts (and Back to School!)

August 31, 2021 by Monica McConkey Leave a 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: craftkitbacktoschool2021 ) in the Arma Dei Shoppe to cheer that up!

Spend $25 on Cathletics Craft Kit PDFs and get $5 OFF*

*Special SALE applies to the purchase of PDF craft kits only. Sale ends September 15th.
Books, cards, journal stamps not included within the $25 minimum purchase.

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Cathletics Craft Kits: Up Close! {Catholic Conversation Pieces with Saints and Sacraments}

August 26, 2021 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

The Catholic Conversation Pieces with Saints and Sacraments Craft Kit is a packed craft kit of full color templates, illustrated with Kelly Saints and Kelly Comics and offering inviting prompts for meaningful and fun table talk!

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Cathletics Craft Kits: Up Close! {Prayer Journal Prompts}

August 26, 2021 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

The Prayer Journal Prompts Special Bundle Craft Kit features a collection of 7 pages of prompts, prayers and check-box novena templates to customize your own Prayer Journal or Planner…or unique Prayer Bullet Journal! Prayers and Novenas are illustrated with Kelly Saints^TM.

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{Book Review}The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion

August 4, 2021 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion:
The Liturgical Year in Practice

by Kendra Tierney

Available at Ignatius Press: The Catholic All Year Prayer Companion

This is a beautiful, comprehensive book of classic prayers and devotions associated with the Feast Days and Seasons of the Liturgical Calendar.

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Craft Kits Up CLOSE!

August 1, 2021 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

We’re starting a new series of posts showcasing our 50+ Cathletics Craft Kits!

We have over 58 Catholic Saints, Sacraments, Catechism and Prayer-Packed Craft Kits available as PDFs you can print and assemble at home. Each kit comes with permission to copy for home use or for use in one classroom!

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2021 July Saints Days

July 5, 2021 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

We’ve put together a quick summary of Catholic Crafts for July Saints and the Monthly Devotion of The Precious Blood of Jesus.

A video about the #1 Most Impressive Eucharistic Miracle by Fr. Mark Goring

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JUNE Catholic Crafts and Saints Days!

June 12, 2021 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Monthly Devotion of June: Sacred Heart of Jesus

Woven Heart Craft (with video tutorial)
Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart Journal Stamps

Key Feast Days in June:

St Justin (June 1)
St Peter, St Marcellinus (June 2)
St Charles Lwanga & Companions (June 3)
St Boniface (June 5)
St Norbert (June 6)
CORPUS CHRISTI Solemnity (June6)

NEW! Cathletics Key Card Craft Kit: Trinity Pack!

Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces (June 8) Mary Crafts
St Ephrem (June 9)
Mary, Mother of the Church (June 10)
St Margaret of Scotland (June 10)
St Barnabas (June 11)
St Anthony of Padua (June 13)

St Basil the Great (June 14)

Sacred Heart of Jesus (June 11) Essential Guide to the Sacred Heart (Review)
St Romuald (June 19)
Immaculate Heart of Mary (June 12) Immaculate Heart of Mary Rosary Abacus

Fathers Day (June 20)
St Aloysius (June 21)
St Thomas More, St John Fisher, St Paulinus of Nola (June 22)
Birth of St John the Baptist (June 24)
St Cyril of Alexandria (June 27)
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (June 27) Mary Crafts
St Irenaeus (June 28)
St Peter and St Paul (June 29)
First Martyrs of the Church of Rome (June 30)

It’s Ordinary Time !

Check out Equipping Catholic Families for Ordinary Time at Home!

Prayer Resources

Prompt Me to Pray by Monica McConkey presents practical tips for prayer that can be easily customized to fit our busy lives, habits, daily tasks, and even our struggles. Recognizing our littleness as an inexhaustible source of Prompts to Pray helps us to reach out humbly in prayer when we need Him most and reminds us that God can use all things for good.

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Through the Year with Jesus {Book Review}

May 26, 2021 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Through the Year with Jesus by Katherine Bogner is a beautifully illustrated hardcover book reflecting on the Gospel Readings throughout the entire year! The book begins with an explanation of the format of the book and how it presents the Life of Jesus in the order of the Liturgical Calendar. It also includes a note for Parents and Teachers, a guide to Lectio Divina (and Visio Divina -using Sacred Art) for Children, and a guide for praying the Rosary.

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Prompt Me to Pray through the Seasons!

April 15, 2021 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

SET of FOUR printed Prompt Me to Pray Booklets
available for a limited time at 40%OFF
(limited quantities)

~~$41~~ $25 plus shipping within US and CANADA

Prompt Me to Pray through ADVENT is a 16 page 8.5″x5.5″ booklet that introduces a practical plan for more consistent prayer from the heart, particularly during the Liturgical Season of Advent. Particular experiences and circumstances within these four weeks before Advent can be associated with opportunities to pray. This booklet offers prayers as well as prayer journal prompts to make the most of Advent and the early celebration of Christmas, to dig deeper into prayer as we prepare our hearts for the Arrival of Jesus.

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Prompt Me to Pray through EASTER! NEW Craft Kit!

March 25, 2021 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

JUST RELEASED! We’re excited to announce that Prompt Me to Pray through EASTER NOW AVAILABLE
and it’s APPROVED by TWO PRIESTS, A BISHOP (and even an Accountant ~ my Dad)

Prompt Me to Pray through EASTER is the next special guide to help apply the practical plan for consistent prayer from the heart of Monica’s newly released book Prompt Me to Pray to the Seasons, the Saints, and the Sacraments! We’re looking at the unique circumstances and graces available in these Catholic moments and mentored by these Catholic heroes to build the habit of prayer through extra timely
Prompts to Pray!