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New Mass next weekend! A peek inside Color Me Catholic!

November 21, 2011 by Monica McConkey 2 Comments

The New Roman Missal starts November 26/27, 2011!Find out how to WIN a free printable here!

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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Catho-LINKY Links of Catholic Linkies (7)

November 21, 2011 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

(1) New for Pinterest Fans! Cool 2B Catholic Pinterest PINBOARD Share
Add your own Catholic Pinboards!
Check out other Pinterester’s collections of Catholic Pins!

(2) Add your own posts about activities, crafts and traditions celebrating the Saints in the Cele-LINKY with the SAINTS!

(3) Add your own favorite games and crafts
that have been Converted 2 Catholic!

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Knitted Nativity: sorry if you don’t have an Auntie Ingrid!

November 19, 2011 by Monica McConkey 4 Comments

Linked up to the Nativity Activity Linky!

Auntie Ingrid has knitted amazing gifts for us over the years. She knitted outfits for my brother and me…and those same outfits have been worn by my kids! She is known for her amazing baby blankets…and I’m proud to say that our family with 5 kids probably has the biggest collection!

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Homemade Advent Calendars: Links of Lightbulbs (6)

November 15, 2011 by Monica McConkey 4 Comments

These are some of the coolest homemade Advent Calendars I have found online. Please add your favorites to the linky below! Homemade Advent Calendars are great to reveal Jesse Tree Ornaments, Nativity figures and Advent challenges (see Advent & Lent Quest). I was also thinking that the pockets (as they are emptied day by day) could then be filled with “Secret Saint” messages. You know, instead of “Secret Santa”…good deeds or sacrifices offered and recorded for one another, to be shared on Christmas day. I know…it’s a little like my Advent Mailbox Wreath last year, a fun way to keep the little messages and something from-the-heart-and-not-the-store to open on Christmas Day.

(1) TheRecycle Bin Advent Calendar would hang nicely in a tight spot and has good-sized pockets to hide small items.
(2) I love theToilet Paper Roll Calendar! Another great way to recycle TP rolls…and takes up minimal space on the wall!

Filed Under: link-up, Catholic Bloggers Network

Special Offer for Catholic Bookstore Owners!!! Free Fun Craft Kit to teach the New Mass for 10 Catholic bloggers!

November 10, 2011 by Monica McConkey 9 Comments

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Catholic Conferences…it’s not too late to submit your favorite!

November 7, 2011 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Is your favorite Catholic conference listed before the voting starts? I just extended the linky submission deadline. (1) Conferences (and retreats and prayer events) for Catholics (2) Conferences for Religious Educators (3) Conferences for Bookstore Owners (4) Conferences for Homeschoolers (5) Favorite Conferences…not necessarily Catholic! read more...for Equipping Catholic Families!

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A fun way to teach kids the new Mass! Countdown is on!

November 6, 2011 by Monica McConkey 2 Comments

My Countdown

Looking for a fun way
to teach kids the new Mass?

Color Me Catholic: New Roman Missal Edition!

Cathletics Craft Kit TM

Monica McConkey (Author)

Look inside Color Me Catholic

Check out the **NEW**VIDEO**
Color Me Catholic Tutorial

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Easy, Affordable and AWESOME Widgets & Services for Newbie Bloggers: Lists of Links (5)

November 5, 2011 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

(1) inlinkz Link Tool
$19.99/year for thumbnail linkies: text linkies are FREE….but thumbnail linkies are way more interesting!

(2) Grab my button Generator FREE and easy to use! I tried generating my own, following other tutorials, but this is so easy! I do love designing buttons and I like to share them.
(3) e-Junkie pdf manager $5/month to sell pdfs online. I was trying payloadz, but it costs quite a bit more

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Catholic Conferences: List of Links (4)

November 2, 2011 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Please note: this is a work in progress!

I am gradually adding as many conferences as possible within the different linkies. Please be patient…we’re on the 4th sick kid in the family…in a week. Feel free to speed up the process and add some conference links! Don’t worry if you can’t add the thumbnail images…I will try to add them later.

Voting for your favorite conferences
will begin in a few days!
(I hope to have all the conferences added by then!)

(1) for Catholics

(2) for Religious Educators

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Cool Stuff about Catholic Conferences

November 2, 2011 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

(1) Cool Catholic Stuff! Over the years we have collected many treasures at Catholic Conferences. It’s so wonderful to see what cool Catholic stuff is out there! (2) Familiar Faces (and voices!) It was so nice to see Lisa Hendey again (and hear her familiar voice from Catholic Moments!) and to flip through her new book A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms (3) New Friends! We met lots of DREs and teachers and principals and signed up many new friends to our mailing list…and even a couple for our school fundraising program! We hope they drop by soon to EquippingCatholicFamilies.com! Please subscribe to EquippingCatholicFamilies, say hello in the comments…or “like” us on facebook! We will announce our next product winners shortly! (4) Great Talks! OK…we heard they were very good… but unfortunately we could not attend them because we were busy at the Arma Dei booth.

(5) Cool Places to see!

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