Saint Francis loved animals, and we do too. William G also love cooking and baking, so we’ve gotten into the habit in the past years of making treats for the pets and wild animals in our lives in honor of his feast day. Here are a few animal friendly recipes that you might want to … Read more
When we started our North American geography unit, I went hunting for other resources to complement my North American Saints set. I was absolutely thrilled to find Jen’s Sew-A-Saint projects because on my daughter’s wish list has been learning to sew. Thanks to her Aunt Caitlin, who purchased Saint Kateri for her, we were able … Read more
The Catholic Church is full of feast days. Every single day of the calendar year there is at least one saint celebrated, not to mention the larger feasts and solemnities sprinkled in. It can feel overwhelming to think about starting to celebrate the liturgical year as a family, at least it did to me. Now … Read more
Each month I like to choose a few saints from the liturgical calendar to celebrate. Sometimes I have my act together and plan the whole month ahead of time, and sometimes I find out that it’s a feast day when I’m reading morning prayer from my Magnificat and scramble to find an appropriate coloring page/craft/book/baking … Read more
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One of the many, many things I love about Catholicism is how tangible it is; the Church makes use of all of our senses to teach us the riches of the Faith. Once upon a time, when most people were illiterate and couldn’t read the Scriptures or stories of the saints, images were made that … Read more
I’ve written about trying to be more intentional about building and strengthening our domestic church. One of the ways we try to do that is by paying more attention to the feast days of the Church. It’s a great way to introduce ourselves and our children to knew saints and new traditions. Disclusure: this post … Read more