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Into the Arms of Mary

December 30, 2016 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

This is why I’m not going to use the Saint Generator this year.

Now is the time to figure out all those resolutions for the new year, right? As Catholics, our new Liturgical Year began with the first Sunday of Advent, but I don’t know, I still use January 1st as a new beginning. Rather than tackling 100 resolutions that will likely fizzle out by Epiphany, I’m trying to narrow in on a few practical and challenging-enough resolutions that I might be able to keep…and will help me pray, draw closer to Jesus, get healthier, better fulfil my vocation and enjoy 2017 to its fullest.

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Easy as Abacus Divine Mercy (+Novena tracker!)

November 13, 2016 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

Easy as Abacus Divine Mercy

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The Easy as Abacus Divine Mercy offers prayers and clipart to customize a Divine Mercy Abacus made from a Dollarstore square framed canvas*. The strung Pony beads are perfect for little fingers to count the prayers of the Divine Mercy as well as the 9 days of the Novena.
Includes Divine Mercy Prayers Bookmark and a One page Divine Mercy template with all the prayers and beads to color.

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Christ the King Novena Craft!

November 11, 2016 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

You may have already seen our Easy as Abacus Rosary craft from a few weeks ago. It’s a little Cathletics Craft Kitlet available at the Arma Dei Shoppe complete with instructions and Kelly Saints clipart for the 20 Mysteries of the Rosary. We also have a number of other Prayer Counter Abacus crafts in the works including the Christ the King Novena Abacus. We haven’t finished formatting the Craft Kitlet yet, but we wanted to give you a sneak peek…as the 9 day novena starts TODAY!

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Girona, Spain: send me your prayer intentions!

October 6, 2016 by Monica McConkey 5 Comments

I’m in Girona, Spain! I’m taking all your prayer intentions with me. We have quite a few Cathedrals and Sacred Sites to wander through and pray at….so please add your prayer intentions in the comments or email me here or PM me or find me on FB or follow me on Insta

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Handing Over My Tangled Mess

August 29, 2016 by Monica McConkey 4 Comments

Do you ever worry? Do you ever pray Jesus, I trust in You, all the while coordinating your best backup plan just in case?

I do.

Sometimes my to do lists churn into sticky-note reminders for my kids’ to do lists and I’m troubleshooting things that haven’t even happened …for jobs that aren’t even my problem. Sometimes, I wake up the next day to find that all that busy work I did while I couldn’t sleep at three in the morning…was completely unnecessary.

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Prayer-Loom Prayer Book for treasured First Communion gift from the whole family!

May 20, 2014 by Monica McConkey 2 Comments

I enjoy making meaningful, homemade gifts…especially when I think they will help immerse kids deeper in the Catholic Faith. As Catholics, we have a rich Tradition to pass along with many classic Catholic prayers…and awesome Saints to inspire and guide us.

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The Pinterest Prayer Book

April 30, 2013 by Monica McConkey 4 Comments

Isn’t Pinterest fun? My only challenge about pinterest…is how to really use it to create things to help my family! It’s so easy to pin pretty pictures, but sometimes they just gather on my pinboards and I don’t actually try the craft or recipe. I have been delighted to discover awesome artists who I would not have found without pinterest, but I don’t always remember to visit my ‘artwork’ pinboard to admire all of the work. Together with prayers I have managed to find and pin, I have created a new Prayer Book Pinboard, but this time…I have an action plan! This collection will be used to build something!