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MAC Notes For Praying With Children

By Lisa Mladinich

Powerful ways to pray with children and why it’s important–highlights from my MAC presentation, last week!

Teach Your Kids to Pray in 5 Simple Steps

By Jeannie Ewing

My husband and I are not unusual in the sense that we have three daughters. What is unusual about our family, however, is that two of our three girls have special needs. “Special needs,” of[Read More…]

My Hand In Yours, Our Hands In His – Marriage Workbook!

By Lisa Mladinich

I had the joy of talking with Kimberly Cook–Catholic blogger, author, mom, and mental health professional–about her new marriage workbook. I’m so excited to share this on the one Valentine’s Day that begins on Ash[Read More…]

Lent Should Be a Moving Experience

By Gabe Garnica

      I find it powerful and transcendent that Lent is a moving journey toward the Cross and beyond.  This “moving” however, comes in three distinct contexts.  Each context has its place in the[Read More…]

Our Family Read Alouds from 2017: an Annotated List

By Amanda Woodiel

We make time most school days to read loud.  A friend recommended the blog Read Aloud Revival (completely worth your time), and after listening to even one podcast, I was hooked on the idea of[Read More…]

Forgiveness Beyond the Grave

By Amanda Woodiel

My father died last week.  It was unexpected.  He had had health issues the last couple of years and had never seemed particularly robust, but he was never near death, either. My mom passed away[Read More…]

Failure vs Success: Lessons from the Cross

By Amanda Woodiel

Do you know about St Bridget of Sweden?  If you don’t and you are a mom, you want to get to know her.  Here is an excerpt of her biography from catholic.com: “In fact, nothing[Read More…]

Playing the Ordered Toward Game

By Amanda Woodiel

Learn to play an easy game with your kids that points to the truth that all things are ordered toward a purpose. In the process, you’ll have a convenient answer to that interminable question “why not?” as well as set the groundwork for Theology of the Body.

Turn Your Crosses into Ladders

By Gabe Garnica

  If Christ came to earth to teach us the way to Heaven, then we may rightly accept that his words and actions are sanctified lessons in that path.  His examples of love, service, sacrifice,[Read More…]

A Beautiful Prayer to Bring Your Heart to Jesus in the Manger

By Lisa Mladinich

  It is deeply touching that the saints live in the certainty of God’s particular, personal, and tender love for each of us. A dear friend shared this prayer, today, and I have it posted in[Read More…]

Highly Recommended: The Mass of Brother Michel, by Michael Kent

By Lisa Mladinich

The Mass of Brother Michel is an exceptionally entertaining novel with great depth and charm, beautifully told, and set in France during the Protestant Reformation. Hinging on the love of a young nobleman for his[Read More…]

The “Truth” About the War on Christmas

By Lisa Mladinich

A dear family member sent me the following video and asked, “What do you think?” https://mic.com/articles/186563/a-jesuit-priest-reveals-the-big-problem-with-the-so-called-war-on-christmas#.dXpO3ld3t In the video, posted at a progressive, liberal website called Mic, Rev. Kevin O’Brien, dean of the Jesuit School[Read More…]

It’s a Wonderful Life, Charlie Brown

By Gabe Garnica

        I recently bumped into an old friend from grammar school, and we began reminiscing about our favorite Christmas movies. Apart from realizing that all of the candidates were over 50 years old[Read More…]

VIDEO: My Visit With Doug Keck on EWTN Bookmark

By Lisa Mladinich

My new book for parents, catechists, and Catholic school teachers, helps adults and children learn their faith together! It was an honor to be interviewed by Doug Keck, on EWTN’s BookMark, on location at the[Read More…]

EWTN to Broadcast Docu-drama on French Nun Who Discovered Mary’s House

By Lisa Mladinich

Dear Readers, What do the Assumption of Mary, St. John the Evangelist, Muslims, and a small, stone house have in common? SET YOUR DVRs!!! Watch “The Journey of Sr. Marie de Mandat-Grancey” on EWTN: Monday, December[Read More…]

Advent JOY Lesson

By Deanna Bartalini

A simple, fun lesson with activities to learn about Advent JOY!

Three Secrets That Lead to Advent Joy, Not Exhaustion

By Lisa Mladinich

Advent comes from the Latin word, “adventus,” which means “coming.” Jesus is coming, we know, and there is much to do! But life can be intensely stressful, noisy, and draining, especially when we are caught[Read More…]

The Rosary in Kid Speak (Special Offer and Review)

By Lisa Mladinich

Enjoy my interview with dynamic author, speaker, and educator, TJ Burdick, about his exciting new resource, The Rosary in Kid Speak. What sparked the idea to write this book? Every night, my family and I[Read More…]

Julia’s Gifts: A Page-turner and a Tool for Evangelization

By Lisa Mladinich

I’m a big believer that literature has the potential to evangelize. Stories told well can leave an indelible mark on our imagination and give us a whole new vocabulary for our hopes in God. With[Read More…]

Book Review – Why I am Catholic

By Deanna Bartalini

One of the greatest commonalities I find among families is that all of us have at least one person who has left the Catholic faith. For those of us with teen or adult children who[Read More…]

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