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Equipping Catholic Families…for February Saints!

January 25, 2018 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Equipping Catholic Families for February 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.

The Monthly Devotion for February is the Holy Family

Holy Family Crafts

Key Feast Days in February:

World Day of Consecrated Life (February 1)
St Brigid of Ireland (February 1)
Presentation of the Lord (February 2) Sock Baby Jesus
St Blaise (February 3)
St Veronica (February 4)
St Agatha (February 5
St Paul Miki& Companions (February 6)
St Josephine (February 7)
St Jerome (February 8)
St Scholastica (February 10)
Our Lady of Lourdes (February 11)
Ash Wednesday (February 14)
St Valentine (February 14) Keep the SAINT in Saint Valentine!

Love Like a Saint Love Quote Cards Craft Kit

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Equipping Catholic Families…for First Reconciliation

January 24, 2018 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Adam made his first Reconciliation a few months ago and we took the opportunity to compile our favorite resources to help him prepare. We’re excited to present to you our Catholic Craft Kits that can be used for Sacrament preparation and treasured, Keepsake Gifts!

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Equipping Catholic Families…for a Prayerful LENT!

January 17, 2018 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Lent is only four weeks away!

Just in case you want to plan ahead, we’ve compiled our Lenten activities and family traditions. Want to make this a particularly prayerful Lent?

We can help!

Paper Chains, Prayer Abacus, Revolving Rosary, Stations of the Cross and Works of Mercy Carousel…just some of the Catholic Craft Kits we have …packed with prayer and our original Kelly Saints illustrations! Hands-on crafts to build up your family prayer!

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Recycling Votive Candles

January 15, 2018 by Monica McConkey 2 Comments

Do you have a few too many tired/well-used/burnt votive candles lying around the house? We did…and we decided to try recycling votive candles! We gave them new life with leftover wax and stubby candles…along with our favorite watercolored Kelly Saints from this craft kit. After having just released our new Lock Screen Prayer Prompts, I think I might need to recycle a couple more votives and adhere these images with Kelly Saints and Prayer Prompts: which is your favorite here?

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Equipping Catholic Families…for January 2018

December 28, 2017 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Equipping Catholic Families for January 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.

Feast of the Holy Family (December 31)

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 7) Felt Kings Tutorial
St. Raymond of Penysfort (January 7)
Baptism of the Lord (January 8)
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 23)
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)

Season of the Liturgical Calendar: Christmas!

12 Days of Christmas ends January 5th
Sock Baby Jesus
Nativities

New Year Resolutions and

Season of the Liturgical Calendar: Ordinary Time!

Get organized with 2018 Planners and Calendars! Convert your family calendar to be Catholic with the Calendar Saint Stickies Craft Kit ($15 PDF download with permission to copy for home use!)

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Merry Christmas from the McConkey family

December 26, 2017 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

We hope you’re having a Merry Christmas

and we wish you every grace and blessing for the New Year!

Interesting fact…in Canada, we have FEWER Holy Days of Obligation but we hold on pretty tightly to the ones we still have.

Next Monday is the Solemnity of Mary and although the precept to attend Mass is abrogated in the US, it remains a Holy Day of Obligation here in Canada…so we adapted our handy Mass graphic from this past weekend…to reflect next weekend’s Masses for the Feast of the Holy Family and the Solemnity of Mary.

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Equipping Catholic Families….for Christmas!

December 18, 2017 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Equipping Catholic Families… for Christmas!

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.

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2nd Week of Advent and Bambinelli Sunday!

December 14, 2017 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

This 3rd Sunday of Advent is Bambinelli Sunday! Check out the Bambinelli we made a few years ago after reading this beautiful book about this old Catholic tradition: Feast Day Fun: Bambinelli Sunday

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When We Were Eve Blog Tour Stop #3

December 14, 2017 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Equipping Catholic Families with…Book DeBriefs is a series of book reviews on awesome Catholic books published by Franciscan Media* and its imprint Servant Books, both offering excellent spiritual reading to boost prayer life, devotion and Faith.

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Feast Day Fun: Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal

December 4, 2017 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

This post is a special edition of Feast Day Fun for the two Feast Days that occurred in the last week of November: Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (November 27th) and the Feast Day of St. Catherine Laboure (November 28th) who received apparitions of Our Lady. I just happened to have the privilege of visiting the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal, so I thought I’d share some pictures.