Equipping Catholic Families

Feast Day Fun: St Benedict

July 9, 2014 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Feast Day Crafts and Activities

Excerpts from A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families , various posts at Equipping Catholic Families and our Saint Scripts Craft Kits (Series ONE and TWO). The St Benedict Medal is a powerful Holy Medal! Find out what all of the inscriptions mean as you check out the Giant St Benedict Foil Medal we made a couple years ago. Here’s our St Benedict Wooden Painted Saint. Check out our Wooden Painted Saint Tutorial to start your own set! We’ve got lots of ways to use them as well… in board games, classic playsets, Lego, Lincoln Logs, Saints Day decorations, chore counting and piano practicing. St Benedict led the monks to memorize the psalms. Choose a few key lines of different psalms and work to memorize them by reading and reciting them each day. Continue to practice previously memorized passages to build a collection of memorized prayers from the psalms. (Psalm 18:29, Psalm 43:3, Psalm 68:20…find your own!)

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Feast Day Fun: St Maria Goretti

July 6, 2014 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

At the age of 12, a young man tried to make Maria sin. When she absolutely refused, he stabbed her and she died a day later, but not before she forgave her murderer. Her murderer was arrested and 27 years later repented and reformed after seeing Maria in a dream. St Maria Goretti is the patron saint of girls and purity.

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Feast Day Fun at Equipping Catholic Families

July 3, 2014 by Monica McConkey 8 Comments

We have just launched a new series here at Equipping Catholic Families and it’s called Feast Day Fun. It’s a new commitment to present special Saints’ Feast Days, illustrated with our own Kelly Saints from the Saint Scripts Craft Kits and offering a brief bio about the Saint. We are also showcasing a few activities to celebrate each Saint’s life, taking excerpts from

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Feast Day Fun: St Thomas the Apostle (July 3)

July 2, 2014 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

St Thomas is the Apostle who would not believe that Jesus had risen from the dead until he felt the Wounds with his own hands. He was nicknamed “Doubting Thomas”. Jesus said to St Thomas “you believe because you see Me. Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe.” John 20:29 Pray for the Gift of Faith, to believe without having to always see proof or hear justification.

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Extraordinary Ideas for Summer Time Ordinary Time

June 30, 2014 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

The last couple weeks have been a BLUR! With Pentecost, Trinity Sunday (Father’s Day), Corpus Christi, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul…we’re finally ready to sink into the SUMMER weeks of Ordinary Time! But…Ordinary Time need not be ORDINARY!

Ordinary Time is intended to remind us that Jesus is with us throughout all of our daily trials and triumphs. We should be striving to reflect Jesus’ Teaching with our actions every day.

I like to think of Ordinary Time as a time to focus on Faith and family…brushing up on Catechism, building our repertoire of prayers, delving into Scripture and forming habits that can carry us through all the Seasons! We’ve got some Cathletics Craft Kits for that!

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Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul

June 29, 2014 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

Peter and Paul are two very important characters from the Early Church.

Peter was the most frequently mentioned member of the original 12 Apostles, who traveled with Jesus throughout His Public Ministry and could testify to the Resurrection. Jesus foretold that this apostle would be the rock upon which the Church would be built. Despite Peter’s betrayal of Jesus after His Arrest, St Peter led the Apostles, became the first pope and was martyred for his faith.

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A Road Trip, IHM, Corpus Christi Procession …and Graduations!

June 27, 2014 by Monica McConkey 2 Comments

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Last week, my Mom and I went on a road trip

and we took our first selfie together.

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Our road trip took us to IHM. It was a great show and we were so happy to see friends from past IHMs and CMN!

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Summer Saints Project Special! Save $15!

June 25, 2014 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Drastic times. A family of squirrels is attempting a house-takeover…in the midst of graduations, birthdays and exactly 13 house/appliance malfunctions.

I’m distracting myself by putting together a Summer Saint Project Craft Kit Sale (aka Squirrel Relocation Fundraiser)…targeted at our FIVE new Cathletics Craft Kits featuring 15 year old Kelly’s awesome Kelly Saints Illustrations.

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Woven Paper Heart Craft for Sacred and Immaculate Heart Feast Days!

June 20, 2014 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

This craft was showcased in A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families, but I compiled this video to show how it’s assembled! It’s only about a minute!