Advent & Lent Quest Craft Kit

3 in 1 Advent & Lent Quest Craft Kit

PDF Downloadable: $13 

This kit includes Season with the Saints, Year of Faith  and Advent & Lent Classics Challenges.  There are now THREE different themed paper chain links included in ONE kit! Perfect for counting down to ANY Feast Day or throughout any Season, especially Advent and Lent! Season with the Saints includes 48 + a do-it-yourself template for you to add any of your family patron saints if we didn’t already include them! Each link is packed with information about the saint…years of life, patronage, feast day, vocation highlights and a special quote or prayer. Saints include St Therese, St Pio, St Anthony, St Jude, Bl John Paul, St Nicholas, St Benedict, St Peter + 40 more!

Imagine if your family learned specific details about a new saint every day for 48 days!

Year of Faith includes 48 + a do-it-yourself template for extra Catechism. Catechism facts include 7 Virtues, 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit, 7 Sacraments, 4 Marks of the Church….and less commonly remembered…4 Fruits of Holy Communion, 4 Characteristics of the Church, 3 Graces of Marriage, 9 Mysteries of Faith 

+ 40 more! 

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The Child Chasuble

Two weeks ago I posted about the Priest Car Adam created for himself…and this week I caught him about to drive down the stairs in his Rocket-Powered Priest Car.

It’s the truth that Adam has a lot of ideas and a lot of interests. One minute he’s building his empire in Lego

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Shortcut to Sacrament Scrapbook

Do you know anyone making their First Reconciliation, First Holy Communion or Confirmation this spring?

Over the years, we have compiled an awesome number of Cathletics Craft Kits to help teach and celebrate Catechism, Saints, Mass, Prayers

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The Play Mass Kit

I’ve been planning to make a Play Mass kit for a couple years now and just started collecting the pieces a few months ago.

Before he even knew I was making the Play Mass Kit, Adam just recently started playing Mass in the living room.

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it’s not too late to LIVE LENT, get set before the 1st Sunday!


Advent and Lent Quest Craft Kit:

Paper Chain Countdowns! THREE in ONE kit with Saint Bios, Catechism facts or Family Prayer Challenges. Laminate to use year after year…and really these can be used to count down to ANY Feast Day or Season, but they include some special ones just for Lent!

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#CatholicCraft Bundle for Zelie and Co Auction!

I’m part of a group called Zelie and Co!

Zelie & Co is a group of Catholic women artisans. They work collaboratively to support each other’s business growth, pray for each other, and offer weekly sales on Instagram @zelieandco. Their patron saint is St Zelie, lacemaker and mother of St Therese, the Little Flower. Zelie&Co Catholic Artisans are excited to partner with some of our Catholic Community’s most beloved Bloggers to support some amazing Catholic Charities with an Auction of beautiful Catholic gifts and crafts on February 9th, 2016 Here at Arma Dei: Equipping Catholic Families, I am partnering with Gina at Someday Saints=&1=&to offer you a #CatholicCrafts Bundle…just in time for Lent! The #CatholicCrafts Bundle includes:
  • A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families offering crafts and family traditions for the entire Liturgical Calendar (Retail:$24.50+shipping) shipped within US or Canada
  • 2 decks of Super Saints each with 54 Kelly Saints images and quick facts: Saints cards you can play actual card games with! (Retail: $24+shipping) shipped within US or Canada
  • $45 Gift Certificate for Cathletics Craft Kits (PDFs) at our Catholic Printable Shoppe: over 30 Catholic Craft Kits to choose from! Check out our new Craft Kit for the Year of Mercy! Works of Mercy: Kelly Saints Style
Total Retail Value: $112.50 Starting Bid: $50 Proceeds will be donated to St Bryce Missions After losing their sixth son Bryce, for whom the organization is named, to SIDS in 2009, Greg and Colleen began to search deeply for God to show them how to He wanted them to use this suffering for His glory and the good of His children.  St. Bryce Missions is currently active in two communities in Costa Rica and hopes to initiate work in Tanzania this year. They have completed 6 chapel construction or renovation projects as part of their Faith in Action initiative, actively engaged in numerous evangelization outreaches, created a social enterprise initiative for women as well as an initiative to provide families with chickens for the prevention of malnourishment as well as income generation as part of their Hope in Action programming. They also founded the St. Francis Emmaus Center to provide rest and recuperation time as well as support and health education to pregnant Cabecar mothers who lack access to health services as part of their Love in Action programming. 

This Charity Auction is going to be BIG!

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Get a start on your Lenten Almsgiving

to these AWESOME Catholic Charities

…and fill your Easter Baskets at the same time!

Support these awesome Catholic Charities as part of your Almsgiving this Lent…

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Priest Car

So, 5 year old Adam saw the pieces I’ve received in the mail to make our first ever Play Mass kit. He asks me everyday if it’s finished. When I told him that I also needed to make some priest vestments…he dragged my sewing machine up for me, from the basement. It took 2 hands…and a little dragging, but the sewing machine still works. =)

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40 Ways for 40 Days: 2016 Edition

40 Ways for 40 Days: 2016 Edition!

Countdown through LENT

1. Stepping Stones through Jesus’ Life: Step through the key moments of Jesus’ Life as presented through Scripture.

2. Lenten Calendar: The Lenten version of the Advent Calendar, this banner or pocket-filled poster offers a Scriptural quote or reflection, virtue taught by Jesus or a moment from his life, represented through Bible verses, drawings or small props.

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Works of Mercy…like the Saints!

Works of Mercy ~ Kelly SaintsTM Style

30 pages of templates featuring Kelly SaintsTM images with explanations of each saint’s association with the Works of Mercy! Make a Tabletop Carousel, Double-Feature Accordion Book, Board Book, Buttons, Badges, Cake Toppers, Votive Candles, Stamps, Prayer Cards, a Coloring Book or Matching Game…with the 4 varied format templates and instructions within this kit!

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Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: Review and LAUNCH today!

I’m so excited about this book! I received my ebook before Christmas and what perfect timing! It’s an entertaining read…and also an uncomfortable one at times, but as I eagerly read on…a necessary one.

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