The Good Shepherd's Garden Party: Week 1

Inspired by Jessica and Charlotte we have an Easter tradition in our home of celebrating the entire Easter season with the Garden of the Good Shepherd. The program consists of a daily prayer time in which you add a scripture inspired sticker to your garden. By the end of Easter season your scene is filled with reminders of Jesus, the good...

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Ideas for Classically Catholic Memory: Gamma Year: Week 15

Classically Catholic Memory: Gamma Year: Week 15 I'm blogging my way through our four year curriculum program so I don't forget everything that worked for us! Please feel free to use what works for your family and share in the comments anything you would add. For more on Classically Catholic Memory go here. Religion For the next two weeks the...

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Easter 2014: In Pictures

He is Risen Indeed! Easter 2014: In Pictures - Because I'm too tired to write something intelligent about today, but I still want to remember this lovely, blessed Easter. Insert your favorite what-is-the-baby-saying line here. "Umm, I have a question, when will we be done?" Peanut liked her baby leggings... well at least she liked the packaging. Hiking...

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Good Friday 2014

"Behold, behold, the wood of the cross, on which is hung our salvation. Come let us adore." On this Good Friday the big kids and I were able to pray the Stations of the Cross while hiking to the top of a mountain at a local shrine dedicated to St. Francis Xavier Cabrini. It was moving to see hundreds of the faithful making the way along side us....

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Holy Thursday 2014

Each year we try to truly engage in the Triduum as a family. Some of our traditions have grown and changed with our family, and others always stay the same. Here is what we have been up to on this Holy Thursday.  For dinner we had sparking grape juice (regular grape juice with sprite - it's cheaper than a real bottle) and unleavened bread to...

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Catholic Easter Baskets for our Kids

I finished putting together the kids' Easter baskets today and thought I'd share their contents here on the blog. In the past I've checked around the web for ideas and always find these kinds of post helpful for ideas, so I hope you do to! Rather than fill their baskets with just candy, I always try to incorporate some religious and spring items...

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First Communion Preparation Plans

In a few weeks Bean will make her First Communion and we are all excited for her! I've been scouring the web for ways to help prepare her for this life changing event and over the next three weeks we will be spending a lot of time getting her heart ready to welcome Jesus in the Eucharist. There are some great resource pages that I have drawn our plans...

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Holy Week and Easter Book List

For each liturgical season and holiday I love to gather picture books to read with my kids. My poor librarians never get a break. Here is the pile I've collected for Holy Week and Easter, although more are on the way! After our nightly prayer time during Advent the kids unwrap an Advent/Christmas book for their bedtime story....

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Ideas for Celebrating the Season of Easter

Easter season. Is there really any better season in our Church? I say no. With this being the case, we try to consciously celebrate the entire season in our home. Here are some of our favorite ways to do it! Let me start with how we celebrate each of the 50 days of Easter with The Garden of the Good Shepherd. From the Manufacture: "This sticker...

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