NEW: Cathletics Craft Bundle PDF

March 23, 2020 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

We’ve launched a new craft kit! 3 easy activities to print, color and assemble at home for some Catechism quizzing and a new way to keep track of all those prayer petitions!

Have you ever found an easy resource to learn about our most cherished Mysteries of Faith, all in one place?

Have you wondered how to keep all the Rules to Live By straight, between the Commandments, the Virtues, the Precepts, the Sacraments and the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy?

We’ve finally transformed some of our classic Cathletics Key Cards into Craft Kits you can print and assemble at home! We’re giving you a sneak peek at the first one in this special bundle…as we get ready to launch an exciting series of Cathletics Key Cards with many new titles and lots of important Catechism!

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Mass Resources ~ Homilies at Home

March 14, 2020 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

With the current closures of Churches and cancellation of Masses, we are suddenly all feeling the very real impact of the Coronavirus. I began compiling this Homilies at Home Directory a few short months ago and I will be adding to it as quickly as the recommendations come in (see online form below!) so that we can all listen to homilies at home!

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Equipping Catholic Families with a Comprehensive Guide to Lenten Crafts and Family Traditions

February 12, 2020 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

This is our summary post of Lenten crafts and activities to bless your family Lenten journey.

Classic Lenten Activities and Family Traditions

First of all, check out our FREE craft tutorials for these classics!

Good Deed Bead Bracelets: A great way to get kids engaged in LENT prayer and sacrifice and good deeds!

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Mentors of Mercy: NEW Craft Kit in the Shoppe!

February 8, 2020 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

The Mentors of Mercy Craft Kit includes templates featuring illustrated examples of Mercy, exemplified by Jesus and the Saints.

17 pages of templates can be colored and assembled to create 3 Booklets, Carousel or Accordion Centerpieces based on the Corporal Works of Mercy, Spiritual Works of Mercy and Mysteries of Mercy from Jesus’ Public Ministry.

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Feast Day Fun: February

January 26, 2020 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Equipping Catholic Families for February Saints Days!

This is 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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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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Feast Day Fun: January!

December 28, 2019 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Equipping Catholic Families for January 2020 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.

Key Feast Days in January:

Solemnity of Mary (January 1) Mary Crafts, In the Arms of Mary
World Day of Peace (January 1)
St. Basil the Great (January 2)
St. Gregory Nazianzen (January 2)
Most Holy Name of Jesus (January 3)
St. Genevieve (January 3)
St. Elizabeth Seton (January 4)
St. John Neumann (January 5)
St. Andre Bessette (January 6)
Epiphany of the Lord (January 5) Felt Kings Tutorial
St. Raymond of Penysfort (January 7)
Baptism of the Lord (January 12)
St. Hilary (January 13)
St. Anthony of Egypt (January 17)
St. Sebastian (January 20)
St. Agnes (January 21)
Day of Prayer for the Unborn (January 22)
St. Francis de Sales (January 24)
Conversion of St. Paul (January 25)
St. Timothy and St. Titus (January 26)
St. Angela Merici (January 27)
St. Thomas Aquinas (January 28)
St. John Bosco (January 31)

He’s still a little BABY! Sock Baby Jesus can still hang around in his crib as we bask in the Baptism of the Lord (January 12) and await the Presentation of the Lord on February 2nd.

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Equipping Catholic Families for the 12 Days of Christmas

December 27, 2019 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

So despite the stores already clearing up their Christmas displays and neighbors kicking their Christmas Tree to the curb, we celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas beginning with Christmas Day and continuing until January 5th/the Feast of Epiphany. It can be hard to keep the Christmas spirit alive, if you’ve seen all the Christmas movies throughout Advent, leading up to the big day!

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9 Unique Catholic Gifts You Can Print, Customize and Give

December 10, 2019 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Looking for last minute, meaningful Catholic gifts? All of our Catholic Craft Kits come with permission to copy for personal use and that means you can print and assemble them for beautiful custom, handmade gifts for your close family and friends!

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Feast Day Fun: 2019 December

November 26, 2019 by Monica McConkey 2 Comments

Equipping Catholic Families for December Saints!

Both the month of December and the season of Advent begin this Sunday!
Here is our monthly summary of crafts and family traditions related to the Monthly Devotion, Key Feast Days and the appropriate Season of the Liturgical Calendar.