The Reviews are In: Links of LightBulbs (11)

(1) Tracy says “These Mass booklets are a perfect size for little hands and material is covered a little at a time to keep children’s attention without being too overwhelming.”  Check out Slice of Smith Life for the complete review! 

The folder holds the entire collection of 10 booklets as shown here:

My thoughts:   I enjoy using Monica’s product with my children.  These Mass booklets are a perfect size for little hands and material is covered a little at a time to keep children’s attention without being too overwhelming.  My children will be using these booklets and coloring them a little at a time as we review the Mass responses.  I will be using Color Me Catholic: New Roman Missal Edition as weekly guides to teach during our religion classes during our homeschool days.  I think the more we use them the more familiar our family will be with the new mass responses, which is the intention of the product.

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St Juan Roses

An imprinted image of Our Lady of Guadalupe was found with out-of-season roses, in the cloak (or tilma) of Juan Diego.  The Blessed Virgin Mary had appeared to Juan and encouraged him to convince the authorities to build the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, now a popular pilgrimage site.
 …from A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families…

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Our Lady of Guadalupe doll

Years ago, at a Catholic Conference (see a list of
links for Catholic Conferences here),
we discovered Faithfilled Friends Saint Dolls.
Isn’t the Our Lady of Guadalupe doll cute?

Visit the
Our Lady of Guadalupe Link Up
as part of the
Festival of Links!

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What have you been up to lately?

 

I finally have an intro page…complete with photos from our photo shoot yesterday.  Wow…it’s difficult to get 7 people with their eyes open, nice smiles, out of the shadow (Kelly!) and looking in the same direction, all at the same time, especially when one is only 19 months.  This is my new Intro Page!

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Catho-LINKY LIBRARY: Links of Catholic Link-Ups

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Cool 2B Catholic Pinterest PINBOARD Share Add your own Catholic Pinboards!  Check out other Pinterester’s collections of Catholic Pins!

Sunday Snippets: A Catholic Carnival from This That and the Other Thing
Add your favorite Catholic post, every Sunday!

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The Third Testament: Book Badge Review + Doodle Summary

This is my Book Badge Review and Doodle Summary of The Third Testament.

John Eklund writes of the journey of Fred Sankt, who, in the midst of personal crisis feels compelled to record historical events and figures within the context of a third installment of the Bible: The Third Testament.  Presented through the thoughts, conversations and discoveries of this character, Eklund’s approach removes himself from presumption: because after all, who in this day and age could write an addition to the Bible that would be widely accepted as a necessary and Holy Spirit-inspired expansion of our sacred scripture?

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Homemade Nativities: Links of Light Bulbs (7) + linky!

Add your own Homemade Nativity to the linky below! (1) Homemade Nativities at Equipping Catholic Families from A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families (2) Auntie Ingrid’s Knitted Nativity

(3) Shower of Roses Paper Nativity

(4) Tuscany Creative Etsy Shop: Felt Nativity and Finger Puppets (5) Felt Nativity from youcanmakethis.com pattern and instructions by pdf

(6) Edible Nativity from AOK Corral

(7) Magnetic Nativity from CutoutandKeep.net

(8) Modelled Nativity from Melanies Crafts

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Homemade Nativities

My clothes peg people are missing now…I’ll post a new (close-up) photo when I find them. They are made with traditional wooden clothes pegs, a painted face (with facial features added with sharpie) and material.  The arms are pipe cleaners.  These are sample crafts from A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families. What’s the theme here?  Where’s Baby Jesus?  These are all Nativity figures I have made over the years with toilet paper rolls, egg cartons and wooden pegs…but Baby Jesus is missing in each one!  I need to start re-making Him… I remember the egg carton Baby Jesus, was just a small piece of the egg carton for a cradle, with construction paper “straw” sticking out behind a fabric bundle of baby.  I’ll  post pictures when I either find my original or make a new one. I find that Baby Jesus either gets misplaced by one of my kids parading him around the house during Advent (before Baby Jesus is supposed to be in the manger), or in transit from one of the Catholic conferences we attend. We have actually had the odd sample craft made from A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families stolen from our booth display! These Holy Family Felt Friends are made with felt over a pipe-cleaner body, felt clothes, embroidery floss hair and facial features.  I know, I need to make a Baby Jesus version here as well. I added a quick Baby Jesus for this post. I made this Nativity before we were married and it’s our special one-of-a-kind family Nativity.  I think I found a pattern for the little bodies and then I improvised for the clothing. (Can you tell ? =)  I engineered the manger myself with the little skylight for the star to poke through. The brown manger material already had verticle lines in it, so I quilted it to make it a little more durable.  The manger also has a couple wooden dowels in it, but it’s not too “stable”.  I usually use a little pillow to prop it up.  I didn’t make the tree, but it looks cute with the set.  I like the lighting on the close-up picture…I think it looks like they’re sitting by the fire. Linked up to the Nativity Activity Linky! read more...for Equipping Catholic Families!

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The New Roman Missal starts THIS WEEKEND!

Color Me Catholic:
New Roman Missal Edition!
Cathletics Craft Kit TM      

Monica McConkey (Author)Price: $16 U.S. plus shipping Look inside Color Me Catholic Check out the **NEW**VIDEO**Color Me Catholic Tutorial  Visit our Craft Kit Printables Online Store to save money and purchase your PDF version right away and print it on your own home printer! Price: $14 U.S. Instructions and templates to create 10 mini-booklets, each offering 8 mini coloring pages of treasured Vessels, Vestments & Symbols, Church Furnishings, Parts of the Mass and Sacraments & Sacramentals plus 8 pages of phrases from the New Roman Missal Mass in sequential order.  A template is also included to create a folder to hold the booklets. The full collection allows for exposure to most of the text of the Mass (especially all the “People’s Parts”) and many images, easily reviewed over 10 Masses.  Why not re-circulate the booklets for the next 10 Masses, for even better familiarity, getting kids to look and listen during Mass? Product Details

1 color cover, 20 black and white templates (double-sided printing), 3 black and white templates for the instructions and folder, permission to photocopy for single household or single class term use, all contained in a clear plastic 11″x 9″ envelope.

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