Equipping Catholic Families

Get your Armor of God on: be a Dragon Slayer!

June 26, 2012 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

This unique bookDragon Slayers is now available through the
Arma Dei Shoppe at Equipping Catholic Families!

Check out these pages:
Peek-through-the-Helmet
LOOK INSIDE Dragon Slayers!

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This is a well-written, witty and imaginative book, the “How To Slay a Dragon” guide for faithful Christian soldiers, as they courageously put on the Armor of God (hey, that’s our company name… Arma Dei!) and prepare for the battle of their lives.

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IHM Homeschool and Parent Conference

June 22, 2012 by Monica McConkey 2 Comments

Monica, Erika, Ann Marie and Hollie (+ adorable baby!)
Catholic Bloggers (+future Catholic Blogger)

Monica, Erika and Allison
Thanks, Maria!

Did you attend the Immaculate Heart of Mary Homeschool and Parent Conference

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The New Catechism Catcher

June 16, 2012 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

You can purchase the Catechism Catcher at the Arma Dei Shoppe! This is a paper craft kit, with permission to photocopy for your household or classroom and it has GROWN! It now includes TEN different templates, offering a quizzing tool for 10 different collections of catechism and Bible categories. Here’s a sneak peak at one of the new Cathletics Catcher templates, just to give you an idea of what the templates look like. Sorry! I’m not publishing pictures of the other designs…I’m keeping them as a surprise! Trust me…I think you’ll like the innovative designs of many of the 10 templates…like the Mysteries of the Rosary (fitting in all 20, with a proper quizzing format, descriptions and virtues!) and special graphics related to each category. These were fun to design and will be even more fun to use!

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Review by Happy Little Homemaker of Sacraments Craft Kit

June 15, 2012 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

I’m so excited to receive my second review of the Journey with Jesus through the Sacraments Craft Kit, by Happy Little Homemaker

Here are a couple excerpts from Jen’s Review:

Journey With Jesus Through the Sacraments is a printable craft kit that runs some 30 pages and is in black and white so that it can be colored by the kids and not eat all your ink!

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Family Traditions: our newest Homemade Gift

June 13, 2012 by Monica McConkey 2 Comments

Family Traditions: our kind of homemade gifts for our favorite people.

Over the years, we have made some pretty cool, customized gifts for family and close friends.

We’ve made family presents like a our-family-centric
Customized Perpetual Calendar (you can too!)
or customized board game (find templates for your customized Guess Who game here!)
…and made one for each of our sibling’s families and our parents.

Filed Under: DIY Crafts, family traditions

NEW! Lace-Up Roman Missal Printable Craft Kit!

May 18, 2012 by Monica McConkey 3 Comments

We have just released a new
Cathletics Craft Kit!

This is our Lace Up Missal
for the new Roman Missal!

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Learning Math the FUN WAY {FREE 12th Elf Times Tables Printable}

May 9, 2012 by Monica McConkey 2 Comments

Times Tables the Fun Way!
By Judy Liautaud and Dave Rodriguez
When one of my kids was having trouble learning the Times Tables, I discovered this book: Times Tables the Fun Way! I later purchased the Addition edition (Addition the FUN WAY!), because I was so impressed!
Check out the direct link at the end of this post, to purchase your own copy.

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Custom 3D felt Car Mat

April 26, 2012 by Monica McConkey 2 Comments

Sometimes I just have to make something…with my hands …and Adam’s 2nd birthday this last week offered the perfect opportunity. With left over felt from the Felt Castle Fort I made last year for Bridget, I just started cutting felt, beginning with an 8 track. I knew I wanted houses, garages (pockets) to hold the little cars and a few things to make it different from anything I have seen.
I found a link for Homemade Car Mats and I liked some of the ideas I found. I still plan to put a drawstring in the seam so that it can close and carry the cars. A circular mat would lend itself better to the drawstring closure, but I think that this will work too.

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no more video games for Sacrament gifts

April 20, 2012 by Monica McConkey 3 Comments

This is the time of year when parents and Godparents might scramble to get that Sacrament gift for their child or Godchild receiving their First Holy Communion or Confirmation. Rosaries, bibles and prayerbooks are always appropriate, but sometimes fearing duplicates, we resort to cash…or a video game. How about a special Catholic “All about Me” book …