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Equipping Catholic Families for March Saints Days

February 27, 2019 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Equipping Catholic Families for March Saints!

Welcome to our monthly summary of crafts and family traditions related to the Monthly Devotion, Key Feast Days and the appropriate Season of the Liturgical Calendar.

The Monthly Devotion for March is St Joseph!

Key Feast Days in March:

St Katherine Drexel (March 3)
St Casmir (March 4)
Ash Wedneday (March 6)
St Perpetua and St Felicity (March 7)
St John of God (March 8)
St Frances of Rome, St Dominic Savio, St Catherine of Bologna (March 9)

St Patrick (March 17) including Felt Friends Tutorial for Leprechaun

St Joseph (March 19)

Super Saints on a Ring are awesome Catholic gifts for your Easter Basket!

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What the Catholic Church has to offer: Equipping Catholic Families with the Catechism!

January 31, 2019 by Monica McConkey 3 Comments

This is part of a special blog series through Reconciled to You exploring the rich Traditions and Teaching of the Catholic Church.

We are so blessed to have the wisdom, traditions and teachings of the Catechism of the Catholic Church! There isn’t much that the Magisterium of the Church hasn’t worked out under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

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Equipping Catholic Families …with Traditions for Ordinary Time!

January 18, 2019 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Sometimes we feel a little down when the official Christmas season is over. It’s hard to jump enthusiastically into Ordinary Time, because it sounds so, well, ordinary! But Catholic living can add so much richness to our every day life and celebrating our Faith and family culture can be an active pursuit all year long! Here are ten ideas to foster your own family culture…while integrating the richness of our Catholic Faith with Saints, Sacraments, Scripture, Catechism and Prayer! All of our Cathletics Craft Kits come with permission to copy for family use and they’re packed with Catechism, Saints, Sacraments and Prayer to get you started, but we’ve included other helpful links too!

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Top FOUR Resolutions for 2019

January 7, 2019 by Monica McConkey 3 Comments

It’s that time of year again, our second chance to start the new year (the Liturgical Calendar began with Advent in 2018).These are the big four resolutions that I’m compelled to commit to and I’ve included some resource, article and affiliate links that I’ve found helpful. This is not an exhaustive list! I might even edit and add to these lists throughout January…and I’m happy to check out your recommendations!

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Equipping Catholic Families for January 2019

December 31, 2018 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Equipping Catholic Families for January 2019 Saints!

Welcome to our monthly summary of crafts and family traditions related to the Monthly Devotion, Key Feast Days and the appropriate Season of the Liturgical Calendar.

Feast of the Holy Family (December 30)

Key Feast Days in January:

Solemnity of Mary (January 1) Mary Crafts, In the Arms of Mary
World Day of Peace (January 1)
St. Basil the Great (January 2)
St. Gregory Nazianzen (January 2)
Most Holy Name of Jesus (January 3)
St. Genevieve (January 3)
St. Elizabeth Seton (January 4)
St. John Neumann (January 5)
St. Andre Bessette (January 6)
Epiphany of the Lord (January 6) Felt Kings Tutorial
St. Raymond of Penysfort (January 7)
Baptism of the Lord (January 13)
St. Hilary (January 13)
St. Anthony of Egypt (January 17)
St. Sebastian (January 20)
St. Agnes (January 21)
Day of Prayer for the Unborn (January 22)
St. Francis de Sales (January 24)
Conversion of St. Paul (January 25)
St. Timothy and St. Titus (January 26)
St. Angela Merici (January 27)
St. Thomas Aquinas (January 28)
St. John Bosco (January 31)

Monthly Devotion for January: Holy Name of Jesus

Holy Name of Jesus by PBandGrace

Season of the Liturgical Calendar: Christmas!

12 Days of Christmas ends January 5th
Sock Baby Jesus
Nativities

New Year Resolutions and

Season of the Liturgical Calendar: Ordinary Time!

Just a reminder, the readings for Sunday Masses come from Year C and Cycle 1 for the Weekday Masses.

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Catholic Stamps for planners, prayerbooks and penpals!

December 6, 2018 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

I’ve just added 17 new stamps to our Prayer Impressions Journal Stamp Shoppe at Arma Dei! This after adding a bunch of Rosary stamps, just a few weeks ago! These stamps are perfect for your prayer journal, Christmas Cards, lunch notes, penpal correspondence, planners, calendars, adult coloring, Bible journaling…and more!

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Subtle Saints Stationary and Tools

October 4, 2018 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

The Saints make me happy. I like having my Dream Team of Saints in my corner and they help me with a lot of things…intercession for sure, but also practical tips to strive for holiness, guidance for everyday coping, safe-keeping of snail mail, an excuse to celebrate often (so many favorite Feast Days this month!) and subtle saints evangelization…

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2018-2019 Planner for Shops and Blogs

September 14, 2018 by Monica McConkey 3 Comments

I’ve just released the 2018-2019 16 month Catholic Planner! It begins this month (September 2018) and includes Super Saints illustrations for Feast Days and Monthly Devotions. We’ve included a ton of templates to record your blog or shop stats, sales, ideas, business affiliates, software, guest posts, giveaways, ad space, domain registration, blog plugins…and MORE! We’ve even added a template of quick logs and lists for Sacraments, Novenas and Prayer Intentions!

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Saints Craft Kits: Back to School to study the SAINTS!

September 6, 2018 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Launched into the new school year, we wanted to remind you about some of our most popular Saints Craft Kits!

We also of course have the Super Saints decks: you’ll love the awesome watercolored original Kelly Saints illustrations and the quick and quanitifiable facts ready for fun and easy card games and the short bio!

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Equipping Catholic Families for June Saints!

May 24, 2018 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Monthly Devotion of June: Sacred Heart of Jesus

Woven Heart Craft (with video tutorial)

See Equipping Catholic Families for Ordinary Time

Key Feast Days in June:

St Justin (June 1)
St Peter, St Marcellinus (June 2)
Corpus Christi (June 3)
St Charles Lwanga & Companions (June 3)
St Boniface (June 5)
St Norbert (June 6)
Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces (June 8) Mary Crafts
Immaculate Heart of Mary (June 9) Immaculate Heart of Mary Rosary Abacus
St Ephrem (June 9)
St Margaret of Scotland (June 10)
St Barnabas (June 11)
St Anthony of Padua (June 13)
St Basil the Great (June 14)
Fathers Day (June 17)
St Romuald (June 19)
St Aloysius (June 21)
St Thomas More, St John Fisher, St Paulinus of Nola (June 22)
Sacred Heart of Jesus (June 23) Essential Guide to the Sacred Heart (Review)
Birth of St John the Baptist (June 24)
St Cyril of Alexandria (June 27)
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (June 27) Mary Crafts
St Irenaeus (June 28)
St Peter and St Paul (June 29)
First Martyrs of the Church of Rome (June 30)